Empirical evidence for son-killing X chromosomes and the operation of SA-zygotic drive.

Diploid organisms have two copies of all genes, but only one is carried by each haploid gamete and diploid offspring. This causes a fundamental genetic conflict over transmission rate between alternative alleles. Single genes, or gene clusters, only rarely code for the complex phenotypes needed to g...

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Main Authors: Urban Friberg, Andrew D Stewart, William R Rice
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3157394?pdf=render