A novel sperm-delivered toxin causes late-stage embryo lethality and transmission ratio distortion in C. elegans.
The evolutionary fate of an allele ordinarily depends on its contribution to host fitness. Occasionally, however, genetic elements arise that are able to gain a transmission advantage while simultaneously imposing a fitness cost on their hosts. We previously discovered one such element in C. elegans...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-07-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3144186?pdf=render |