Keywords: meiotic drive selfish genetic element

B chromosomes reveal a female meiotic drive suppression system in Drosophila melanogaster S. L. Hanlon and R. S. Hawley,  Current Biology,  2023. Selfish genetic elements use a myriad of mechanisms to drive their inheritance and ensure their survival into the next generation, often at a fitness cost to its host.(1)(,)(2) Although the catalog of selfish genetic elements is rapidly growing, our understanding of host drive ... Keywords: b chromosomes, drosophila, gene drive natural, meiotic drive selfish genetic element, supernumerary chromosome