Genetic elements that cheat Mendelian segregation by biasing transmission in their favor
gain a significant fitness benefit. Several examples of sex-ratio meiotic drive, where one sex …

Chromosome number is perhaps the most basic characteristic of a genome, yet
generalizations that can explain the evolution of this trait across large clades have remained …

In wild house mice, genes linked to the t transmission distortion complex cause meiotic drive
by sabotaging wild‐type gametes. The t complex is consequently inherited at frequencies …

Meiotic drivers are selfish genetic elements that tinker with gametogenesis to bias their own
transmission into the next generation of offspring. Such tinkering can have significant …

Segregation of chromosomes during the first meiotic division relies on crossovers
established during prophase. Although crossovers are strictly regulated so that at least one …

Meiotic drive genes cause the degeneration of non-carrier sperm to bias transmission in
their favour. Males carrying meiotic drive are expected to suffer reduced fertility due to the …

Mendel's first law dictates that alleles segregate randomly during meiosis and are distributed
to offspring with equal frequency, requiring sperm to be functionally independent of their …

Reinforcement has the potential to generate strong reproductive isolation through the
evolution of barrier traits as a response to selection against maladaptive hybridization, but …

The study of mammalian meiosis is complicated by the timing of meiotic events in females
and by the intermingling of meiotic sub-stages with somatic cells in the gonad of both sexes …

Selfish genes, such as meiotic drive elements, propagate themselves through a population
without increasing the fitness of host organisms. X-linked (or Y-linked) meiotic drive …