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Nucleo-cytoplasmic interactions causing partial female sterility in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae)

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A case of non-reciprocal hybrid infertility between strains of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch is described. Evidence is presented that the infertility results from an interaction between a chromosomal and a cytoplasmic factor. The presence or absence of the cytoplasmic factor seems to be controlled also by chromosomal genes.

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De Boer, R. Nucleo-cytoplasmic interactions causing partial female sterility in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae). Genetica 58, 17–22 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00055998

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