Latest revision as of 08:54, 27 October 2018

Citation

Sandler, L., & Novitski, E. (1957). Meiotic drive as an evolutionary force. The American Naturalist, 91(857), 105-110.

Links

• https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/281969
• http://hawaiireedlab.com/pdf/s/sandlerandnovitski1957.pdf (internal lab link only)

Published Abstract

Instances are known both from studies of natural populations and laboratory experiments in which heterozygotes produce two kinds of gametes, not with the customary equality, but with unequal frequencies. Such meiotic behavior will profoundly affect gene frequencies in populations, and is referred to as meiotic drive. Some of the consequences of meiotic drive on the genetic structure of natural populations, including those of man, and its evolutionary implications are considered.

Notes

I want to point out this paragraph: "The phenomenon of meiotic drive may provide a valuable tool for the study of experimental evolution, for the genetic content of a natural population could theoretically be changed by the introduction of individuals carrying chromosomes subject to meiotic drive. This suggestion may be tested with natural populations of Drosophila, or any organism sufficiently well understood genetically for chromosomes showing drive to be produced experimentally. Not only would such an experiment reveal the extent to which meiotic drive could be an effective evolutionary agent, but it would also serve as a test of certain fundamental concepts that are now considered to be the basis of evolutionary dynamics."

See Also

• http://science.sciencemag.org/content/323/5912/376