SEX-RATIO POLYMORPHISM IN DROSOPHILA-PSEUDOOBSCURA

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BECKENBACH, AT
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10.1086/285166
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Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
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071012 ; 0713 ;
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I studied "sex-ratio" (SR) genotype frequencies in two populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura from southeastern Arizona: Bear Creek Canyon and Tucson. Wild-inseminated females were collected, their fecundities measured in the laboratory, and their SR genotypes inferred by cytological analysis of their progenies. A statistically significant fecundity deficiency was observed among SR/SR females from Bear Creek Canyon. The SR frequency in the Tucson population increased at a rate consistent with the operation of meiotic drive unopposed by selection.
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