Transmission distortion of t-haplotypes is due to interactions between meiotic partners.

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The T/t-complex of the mouse includes a series of recessive lethal and semi-lethal mutations but, despite such lethalities, mutant t-haplotypes are found in high frequency in wild mouse populations. This polymorphism is apparently maintained because heterozygous males preferentially transmit the t-bearing chromosome to their offspring. Despite many attempts to define the basis of the transmission ratio...

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