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The dynamics of maternal-effect selfish genetic elements.

Journal of theoretical biology - 21 Mar 1998

Smith N G

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Maternal-effect selfish genes such as Medea or Scat act to kill progeny that do not bear a copy of the selfish gene present in the mother. Previous models of this system allowed for two types of allele, the selfish (killer) type and the sensitive (susceptible) wild-type. These models predict that the invasion conditions of the selfish allele are quite broad and that if invasion is possible a high frequency...

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PMID: 9631565
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0579

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