Maternally Inherited Sex Ratio in the Parasitoid Wasp Nasonia vitripennis
- 26 February 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 215 (4536) , 1133-1134
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.215.4536.1133
Abstract
Facultative control of the sex ratio has been reported in the wasp Nasonia vitripennis. In a newly wild-eaught strain, females produced few or no male offspring and did not show the usual alterations of sex ratio in response to external conditions. The aberrant trait is inherited through females.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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