Modifier theory of meiotic drive: Is Mendelial segregation stable
Modifier theory of meiotic drive: Is Mendelial segregation stable
Tags: Evolution, Transmission distortionLiberman, U, Theoretical Population Biology, 10:127-132. 1976.
The evolutionary fate of rare modifiers, based on the modifier theory of meiotic drive, is studied in this paper. It is shown that a polymorphism based on Mendelian segregation is never stable for any recombination frequencies between 0 and 12, and that, for tight linkage between the main locus and the modifier locus, the modifier locus tends towards heterozygosity.
