Article
Rapid evolution of a coadapted gene complex: evidence from the Segregation Distorter (SD) system of meiotic drive in Drosophila melanogaster.
Genetics - 1 Aug 1996
Palopoli M F, Wu C I
Abstract excerpt
Segregation Distorter (SD) is a system of meiotic drive found in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Males heterozygous for an SD second chromosome and a normal homologue (SD+) produce predominantly SD-bearing sperm. The coadapted gene complex responsible for this transmission advanta...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Biological Evolution
- Chromosome Mapping
- Crosses, Genetic
- DNA
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Genes, Insect
- Genetic Variation
- Male
- Meiosis
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid