Meiotic drivers are selfish genetic elements that bias their transmission into gametes, often
to the detriment of the rest of the genome. The resulting intragenomic conflicts triggered by …

Scientists are rapidly developing synthetic gene drive elements intended for release into
natural populations. These are intended to control or eradicate disease vectors and pests, or …

Meiotic drivers are a class of selfish genetic elements whose existence is frequently hidden
due to concomitant suppressor systems. Accordingly, we know little of their evolutionary …

Sex chromosomes are susceptible to the evolution of selfish meiotic drive elements that bias
transmission and distort progeny sex ratios. Conflict between such sex-ratio drivers and the …

Small noncoding piRNAs act as sequence-specific guides to repress complementary targets
in Metazoa. Prior studies in Drosophila ovaries have demonstrated the function of the piRNA …

Stalk-eyed flies in the genus Teleopsis carry selfish genetic elements that induce sex ratio
(SR) meiotic drive and impact the fitness of male and female carriers. Here, we assemble …

Meiotic drive loci distort the normally equal segregation of alleles, which benefits their own
transmission even in the face of severe fitness costs to their host organism. However …

The three fruitfly species of the Drosophila simulans clade—D. simulans, D. mauritiana, and
D. sechellia—have served as important models in speciation genetics for over 40 years …

In sexual reproduction, opportunities are limited and the stakes are high. This inevitably
leads to conflict. One pervasive conflict occurs within genomes between alternative alleles at …

Meiotic drivers are selfish elements that bias their own transmission into more than half of
the viable progeny produced by a driver+/driver− heterozygote. Meiotic drivers are thought …