In thousands of arthropod species, males inherit, but subsequently eliminate the entire
haploid genome of their father. However, why this peculiar reproductive strategy evolved …

Gametogenesis is vulnerable to selfish genetic elements that bias their transmission to the
next generation by cheating meiosis. These so-called meiotic drivers are widespread in …

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 …

Across species, sperm maturation involves the dramatic reconfiguration of chromatin into
highly compact nuclei that enhance hydrodynamic ability and ensure paternal genomic …

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 …

The ability to reproduce is the key trait that distinguishes living organisms from inorganic
matter, and the strategies used to achieve successful reproduction are almost as diverse as …

Although the biological utilities of endogenous RNAi (endo-RNAi) have been largely
elusive, recent studies reveal its critical role in the non-model fruitfly Drosophila simulans to …

In genetic conflicts between intergenomic and selfish elements, driver and killer elements
achieve biased survival, replication, or transmission over sensitive and targeted elements …

Despite efforts to explore the genome of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae, the Y
chromosome of this species remains enigmatic. The large number of repetitive and …

Species' continuity depends on gametogenesis to produce the only cell types that can
transmit genetic information across generations. Spermiogenesis, which encompasses post …