meiotic drive and segregation distortion
msachs at ADMIN.OGI.EDU
Sat Nov 13 12:19:33 EST 1993
>I am doing a little project for a class in molecular evolution of plants.
>I chose as topic "meiotic drive and segregation distortion". I haven't
>found a lot of information in the literature, apart from a few articles on
>rice and conifers. I wonder how widespread the phenomenon is in the plant
>kingdom. If you have encountered a situation of non-mendelian (1:1) segregation
>I would appreciate if you could send me some data on it.
>I am looking forward to hearing from you,
B.C. Turner and D.D. Perkins. Spore killer, a chromosomal factor in
Neurospora that kills meiotic products not containing it. Genetics 93,
I suppose it will be difficult to convince your students that Neurospora is
an honorary member of the plant kingdom. The authors provide references to
similar phenomena in wheat and tomato.
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