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Unravelling the genetics of fungal fratricide
- October 19, 2018
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Selfish genes are genes that are passed on to the next generation but confer no advantage on the individual as a whole, and may sometimes be harmful. Researchers have, for the first time, sequenced (or charted) two selfish genes in the fungus Neurospora intermedia that cause fungal spores to kill their siblings. Unexpectedly, the genes were not related to each other, perhaps indicating that selfish genes are more common than previously thought.
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"Unravelling the genetics of fungal fratricide", MachPrinciple, October 19, 2018, https://machprinciple.com/post/Unravelling-the-genetics-of-fungal-fratricide
