… that meiotic drivers can have strong effects on sperm precedence patterns, and may
provide a heritable basis for alternative reproductive tactics motivated by reduced sperm …

… (c) Sperm precedence In order to separate the e¡ects of mating order and population of origin
on sperm precedence from those of meiotic drive, … whether these patterns are widespread. …

… whitei (Diptera, Diopsidae), sperm precedence is influenced by the presence of sex chromosome
meiotic drive. When … This pattern of precedence suggests that both sperm number and …

… linked meiotic drive system in the stalk-eyed fly, Teleopsis dalmanni. Despite sperm destruction
caused by drive, … These patterns suggest that there may only be weak selection for genes …

… meiotic drive systems, with a focus on sperm killers in Drosophila. We discuss the origins of
… that cause meiotic drive are unknown in many systems. However, we find a pattern among …

… dalmanni, short sperm bundles exhibited relatively high levels of degeneracy for all sex
ratio genotypes in contrast to the pattern of degeneracy observed for long sperm bundles (Figure …

… , resulting in poor success under sperm competition. We investigate X-linked meiotic drive
… have a different pattern of sperm competition than in T. dalmanni. The second study is in T. …

… Another as yet unexplored route by which males could adapt to drive is by increasing the
allocation of resources to sperm production, in order to offset the destructive effect of …

… the high meiotic drive frequency of around 20% in wild populations in this species. Impact
Summary Meiotic drive genes are selfish genetic elements that distort Mendelian patterns of …

… This ability is found in many loci that cause meiotic drive. Meiotic drive includes processes
such as preferential transmission in females of driver-carrying chromosomes into ova rather …