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. 2011 Jan 12;107(2):95–102. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2010.170

Table 2. Summary of studies of Haldane's Rule since 1996, as well as totals when combined with Coyne and Orr (2004), after removal of any overlap. (for a full list, see Supplementary Table 1).

Taxon Sex determination   This study: N (obeying Haldane′s Rule) This study: N (not obeying HR) Coyne and Orr, 2004 (based on Coyne, 1992) N (obeying HR) Total obeying
Mammalia Male heterogamety Sterility 9 0 25 34
    Inviability 4 0 1 5
Aves (birds) Female heterogamety Sterility 3 1 21 24
    Inviability 215 2 30 245
Reptilia Female heterogamety Sterility 0 1   0
    Inviability 1 0   1
Amphibia Multiple Sterility 0 1   0
    Inviability 66 28   66
Teleostei (fish) Multiple Sterility 5 0   5
    Inviability 6 37   6
Insecta            
Diptera Male heterogamety Sterility 17 0 112 129
    Inviability 4 1 13 17
Hemiptera Male heterogamety Sterility 1 0   1
    Inviability 1 1   1
Hymenoptera Haplodiploidy Sterility 0 0   0
    Inviability 4 0   4
Coleoptera Male heterogamety Sterility 3 0   3
    Inviability 1a 1   1
Lepidoptera Female heterogamety Sterility 6 1 11 17
    Inviability 4 1 29 33
             
Crustacea Male heterogamety Sterility 0 5   0
    Inviability 0 0   0
Gastropoda Female heterogamety Sterility 0 1   0
    Inviability 1 0   1
Nematoda Male heterogamety Sterility 0 0   0
    Inviability 1 0   1
             
Total   Sterility N=44 10 (19%) 169 213
    Inviability N=308 71 (19%) 73 381

Abbreviation: HR, Haldane's Rule.

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Deformities.