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The spore killers, fungal meiotic driver elements.
Mycologia - 1 Jan 2000
Vogan Aaron A, Martinossi-Allibert Ivain, Ament-Velásquez S Lorena, Svedberg Jesper, Johannesson Hanna
Abstract excerpt
During meiosis, both alleles of any given gene should have equal chances of being inherited by the progeny. There are a number of reasons why, however, this is not the case, with one of the most intriguing instances presenting itself as the phenomenon of meiotic drive. Genes that are capable of driving can manipulate the ratio of alleles among viable meiotic products so that they are inherited in more than half...
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