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Science 26 September 2003:
Vol. 301. no. 5641, pp. 1837 - 1839
DOI: 10.1126/science.301.5641.1837
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MEIOTIC DRIVE:
Bickering Genes Shape Evolution

Elizabeth Pennisi

Not all genes follow the rules of inheritance; now researchers are discovering how organisms adapt to the troublemakers responsible for so-called meiotic drive.

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