Meiotic drive occurs when one allele at a heterozygous site cheats its way into a
disproportionate share of functional gametes, violating Mendel's law of equal segregation …

Though most genetic elements abide by these laws, others routinely break them to increase
their chances of being passed on to the next generation. This unlawful behavior by selfish …

Publisher Summary Some selfish genetic elements in eukaryotic genomes have been
harnessed to perform essential functions for their hosts, whereas others have gained …

Background With female multiple mating (polyandry), male-male competition extends to after
copulation (sperm competition). Males respond to this selective pressure through …

Meiotic drive biases the transmission of alleles in heterozygous individuals, such that
Mendel's law of equal segregation is violated. Most examples of meiotic drive have been …

Female meiotic drive is the phenomenon where a selfish genetic element alters
chromosome segregation during female meiosis to segregate to the egg and transmit to the …

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 …

Unbiased allele transmission into progeny is a fundamental genetic concept canonized as
Mendel's Law of Segregation. Not all alleles, however, abide by the law. Killer meiotic …

Highlights•Selfish centromeres cheat only in female meiosis I.•Noncentromeric meiotic
drivers cheat more often in female meiosis II.•Cheating in female meiosis II can be …

Abstract Mendel's First Law of Genetics states that a pair of alleles segregates randomly
during meiosis so that one copy of each is represented equally in gametes. Whereas male …