Drive, suppression, and escape from suppression of a selfish chromosome
Jackson T. Ridges, Jackson Bladen, Robert L. Unckless, Nitin Phadnis
The paper reconstructs the evolutionary history of the Drosophila pseudoobscura Sex-Ratio chromosome, showing it has undergone cycles of drive, suppression, and escape from suppression, with current lack of suppression being a transient state.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · Jan 21, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology