This Week in Evolution

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Nels and Vincent reveal how a motor protein in corn causes preferential transmission of chromosomes to egg cells, leading to non-Mendelian inheritance.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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  • Molecular Evolution and the Cellmeeting
  • Selfishcorn chromosomes (Cell)
  • Dawe Lab- neocentromeres and meiotic drive
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