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Distinct spermiogenic phenotypes underlie sperm elimination in the Segregation Distorter meiotic drive system

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Published in 2021 at "PLoS Genetics"

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009662

Abstract: Segregation Distorter (SD) is a male meiotic drive system in Drosophila melanogaster. Males heterozygous for a selfish SD chromosome rarely transmit the homologous SD+ chromosome. It is well established that distortion results from an interaction… read more here.

Keywords: meiotic drive; spermiogenic phenotypes; distinct spermiogenic; drive system ... See more keywords