Nels and Vincent reveal how a motor protein in corn causes preferential transmission of chromosomes to egg cells, leading to non-Mendelian inheritance.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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- Molecular Evolution and the Cell meeting 8:29
- Selfish corn chromosomes (Cell) 11:47
- Dawe Lab – neocentromeres and meiotic drive 12:40
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Nels – Craypot stinkhorn mushroom (Colus pusilus)
Vincent – Doubts raised over plan to release herpesvirus to wipe out carp
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