GeneticsCurrent BiologyPeer-reviewed
An egg sabotaging mechanism drives non-Mendelian transmission in mice
Frances E. Clark, Naomi L Greenberg, Duílio Mazzoni Zerbinato de Andrade Silva…·Takashi Akera
The paper shows that the selfish element R2d2 in mice uses a hybrid mechanism in female meiosis to distort transmission by causing aneuploidy in the egg, leading to increased transmission of R2d2.
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