Meiotic drive of female-inherited supernumerary chromosomes in a pathogenic fungus

Meiosis is a key cellular process of sexual reproduction that includes pairing of homologous sequences. In many species however, meiosis can also involve the segregation of supernumerary chromosomes, which can lack a homolog. How these unpaired chromosomes undergo meiosis is largely unknown. In this...

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Main Authors: Michael Habig, Gert HJ Kema, Eva Holtgrewe Stukenbrock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2018-12-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/40251