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

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 between Sd, the primary distorting locus on the SD ch...

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Main Authors: Marion Herbette, Xiaolu Wei, Ching-Ho Chang, Amanda M Larracuente, Benjamin Loppin, Raphaëlle Dubruille
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009662