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Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2021 Dec 15;85(4):e0001621. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00016-21. Epub 2021 Nov 10.

Molecular Mechanisms and Evolutionary Consequences of Spore Killers in Ascomycetes.

Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR

Sarah Zanders, Hanna Johannesson

Affiliations

  1. Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
  2. Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
  3. Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala Universitygrid.8993.b, Uppsala, Sweden.

PMID: 34756084 PMCID: PMC8579966 DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00016-21

Abstract

In this review, we examine the fungal spore killers. These are meiotic drive elements that cheat during sexual reproduction to increase their transmission into the next generation. Spore killing has been detected in a number of ascomycete genera, including

Keywords: genomic conflict; meiotic drive

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