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Sperm dumping as a defense against meiotic drive

Sperm from Drosophila simulans that carry a sex-ratio distorter is preferentially lost from females' sperm-storage organs. This suggests that sperm dumping is a major factor affecting sperm competition in this species, and may have evolved in response to sex-ratio distorters.

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Autori principali: Price, Tom, Lewis, Zenobia, Wedell, Nina
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2009
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656215/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19216726
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol109
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