Article
Why is Mendelian segregation so exact?
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 Jun 1991
Crow J F
Abstract excerpt
The precise 1:1 segregation of Mendelian heredity is ordinarily taken for granted, yet there are numerous examples of 'cheating' genes that perpetuate themselves in the population by biasing the Mendelian process in their favor. One example is the Segregation Distortion system of Drosophila melan...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genes
- Genes, Lethal
- Male
- Meiosis
- Models, Genetic
- Selection, Genetic
- Sex Ratio
- Zea mays