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Resistance to natural and synthetic gene drive systems (2020)
Journal Article
Price, T. A. R., Windbichler, N., Unckless, R. L., Sutter, A., Runge, J., Ross, P. A., Pomiankowski, A., Nuckolls, N. L., Montchamp‐Moreau, C., Mideo, N., Martin, O. Y., Manser, A., Legros, M., Larracuente, A. M., Holman, L., Godwin, J., Gemmell, N., Courret, C., Buchman, A., Barrett, L. G., & Lindholm, A. K. (2020). Resistance to natural and synthetic gene drive systems. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33(10), 1345-1360. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13693

Scientists are rapidly developing synthetic gene drive elements intended for release into natural populations. These are intended to control or eradicate disease vectors and pests, or to spread useful traits through wild populations for disease contr... Read More about Resistance to natural and synthetic gene drive systems.

Sibling rivalry versus mother's curse: can kin competition facilitate a response to selection on male mitochondria? (2020)
Journal Article
Keaney, T. A., Wong, H. W. S., Dowling, D. K., Jones, T. M., & Holman, L. (2020). Sibling rivalry versus mother's curse: can kin competition facilitate a response to selection on male mitochondria?. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1930), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0575

Assuming that fathers never transmit mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) to their offspring, mitochondrial mutations that affect male fitness are invisible to direct selection on males, leading to an accumulation of male-harming alleles in the mitochondrial ge... Read More about Sibling rivalry versus mother's curse: can kin competition facilitate a response to selection on male mitochondria?.