Experiments confirm a dispersive phenotype associated with a natural gene drive system

Meiotic drivers are genetic entities that increase their own probability of being transmitted to offspring, usually to the detriment of the rest of the organism, thus ‘selfishly’ increasing their fitness. In many meiotic drive systems, driver-carrying males are less successful in sperm competition,...

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Main Authors: Jan-Niklas Runge, Anna K. Lindholm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2021-05-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.202050