Convergent evolution of complex genomic rearrangements in two fungal meiotic drive elements

Meiotic drive elements are selfish genetic elements that mediate a skew in their sexual transmission from parent to offspring. Here, the authors sequence and analyze large and complex genomic regions associated with meiotic drive elements in the fungus Neurospora intermedia.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jesper Svedberg, Sara Hosseini, Jun Chen, Aaron A. Vogan, Iva Mozgova, Lars Hennig, Pennapa Manitchotpisit, Anna Abusharekh, Thomas M. Hammond, Martin Lascoux, Hanna Johannesson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06562-x