Invertebrate post-segregation distorters: a new embryo-killing gene.
Cytoplasmic incompatibility induced by inherited intracellular bacteria of arthropods, and Medea elements found in flour beetles, are both forms of postsegregation distortion involving the killing of embryos in order to increase the ratio of progeny that inherit them. The recently described peel-zee...
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| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-07-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3144190?pdf=render |