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Killer Meiotic Drive and Dynamic Evolution of the wtf Gene Family

Natural selection works best when the two alleles in a diploid organism are transmitted to offspring at equal frequencies. Despite this, selfish loci known as meiotic drivers that bias their own transmission into gametes are found throughout eukaryotes. Drive is thought to be a powerful evolutionary...

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Autores principales: Eickbush, Michael T, Young, Janet M, Zanders, Sarah E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526906/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30991417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msz052