New research is providing important insights on how a dangerous selfish gene also referred to as a DNA parasite functions and survives – information that could one day help control pests like mosquitoes.
by the Stowers Institute for Medical Research includes important insights on how a dangerous selfish gene functions and survives.
In more simple terms, these genes are able to poison surrounding offspring in a way that only those that are similar are able to survive.This new study, published in PLoS Genetics, has uncovered how the same selfish gene uses this poison-antidote strategy to facilitate its own function, as well as its long-term evolution.
Notably, as the wtf4 gene carries both position and antidote, the antidote is so similar in form that it groups together with the poison. As the development proceeded, the antidote was enhanced within the spores that had inherited the wtf4 from the parent yeast cell.
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