Proceedings. Biological sciencesAnimalsDrosophilaSex RatioMaleChromosomes
Drive, suppression and escape from suppression of a selfish chromosome.
Jackson Ridges, Jackson Bladen, Robert Unckless, Nitin Phadnis
Published: 202610.1098/rspb.2025.2766
Abstract
Meiotic drivers are selfish genetic elements that are predicted to spark rapid intra-genomic arms races with their suppressors. However, the long-term persistence of unsuppressed selfish chromosomes in natural populations violates these theoretical e…
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