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Genome elimination mediated by gene expression from a selfish chromosome

Numerous plants and animals harbor selfish B chromosomes that “drive” or transmit themselves at super-Mendelian frequencies, despite long-term fitness costs to the organism. Currently, it is unknown how B chromosome drive is mediated, and whether B-gene expression plays a role. We used modern sequen...

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Autores principales: Dalla Benetta, Elena, Antoshechkin, Igor, Yang, Ting, Nguyen, Hoa Quang My, Ferree, Patrick M., Akbari, Omar S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7124933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32284986
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz9808

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