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Inexorable spread: inexorable death? The fate of neo-XY chromosomes of grasshoppers

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  1. CLAUDIO J. BIDAU

    Present address: Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Sede Alto Valle, Tacuarí 669, 8336, Villa Regina, Río Negro, Argentina

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  1. Paraná and Los Claveles 3304, Garupá, Misiones, Argentina

    CLAUDIO J. BIDAU

  2. Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Félix de Azara 1552, 3300, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina

    DARDO A. MARTÍ & ELIO R. CASTILLO

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    DARDO A. MARTÍ

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This paper is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Ovidio Núñez, biologist extraordinaire and excellent teacher, who recently passed away at the age of 92 years.

[Bidau C. J., Marti D. A. and Castillo E. R. 2011 Inexorable spread: inexorable death? The fate of neo-XY chromosomes of grasshoppers. J. Genet. 90, xx–xx]

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BIDAU, C.J., MARTÍ, D.A. & CASTILLO, E.R. Inexorable spread: inexorable death? The fate of neo-XY chromosomes of grasshoppers. J Genet 90, 397–400 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-011-0108-4

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