A large gene family in fission yeast encodes spore killers that subvert Mendel’s law

Spore killers in fungi are selfish genetic elements that distort Mendelian segregation in their favor. It remains unclear how many species harbor them and how diverse their mechanisms are. Here, we discover two spore killers from a natural isolate of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Both...

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Published in:	eLife
Main Authors:	Wen Hu, Zhao-Di Jiang, Fang Suo, Jin-Xin Zheng, Wan-Zhong He, Li-Lin Du
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-06-01
Subjects:	segregation distortion meiotic drive spore killer
Online Access:	https://elifesciences.org/articles/26057