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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Sex ratio distortion (sex-ratio for short) has been reported in numerous species such as
Drosophila, where distortion can readily be detected in experimental crosses, but the …

Selfish genetic elements such as selfish chromosomes increase their transmission rate
relative to the rest of the genome and can generate substantial cost to the organisms that …

The evolution of heteromorphic sex chromosomes creates a genetic condition favoring the
invasion of sex-ratio meiotic drive elements, resulting in the biased transmission of one sex …

Abstract “Selfish” genetic elements promote their own transmission to the next generation,
often at a cost to the host individual. A sex-ratio (SR) driving X chromosome prevents the …

Sex-ratio meiotic drive is the preferential transmission of the X chromosome by XY males,
which occurs in several Drosophila species and results in female-biased progeny. Although …

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 …