通过虫Proctolaelaps regalis可能水平转移Drosophila基因

M A Houck1, J B Clark, K R Peterson

  • 1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 6, 1991
PubMed
概括

一种半寄生虫虫,Proctolaelaps regalis,可能在Drosophila物种之间转移移动P元素. 这种水平基因转移对理解基因运动和宿主-寄生虫相互作用具有进化意义.

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