Modifier theory of meiotic drive

January 13, 1975/in Scholarly Literature

Modifier theory of meiotic drive

Tags: Gene drive mechanisms, Transmission distortion
Hartl, DL, Theoretical Population Biology, 7:168-174. 1975.

The evolutionary fate of rare modifiers of recessive lethal segregation distorters has been studied. Suppressors or partial suppressors will always increase in frequency. Enhancers will increase in frequency if linkage is sufficiently tight and be lost if linkage is sufficiently loose.