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The maternal cytoplasmic environment may be involved in the viability selection of gametes and zygotes.
Heredity - 1 Apr 2013
Tang Z X, Wang X F, Zhang M Z, Zhang Y H, Deng D X, Xu C W
Abstract excerpt
Segregation distortion is the phenomenon whereby the observed genotypic frequencies of a locus fall outside the expected Mendelian segregation ratio, and it is increasingly recognised as a potentially powerful evolutionary force. The main reason for segregation distortion is a difference in the viability of gametes and zygotes caused by viability loci in the segregating progeny. However, the maternal cytoplasm...
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