Evolutionary modes of wtf meiotic driver genes in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Y.-H. Xu, F. Suo, X.-R. Zhang, T.-Y. Du, Y. Hua, G.-S. Jia, J.-X. Zheng, L.-L. Du
The paper investigates the evolutionary mechanisms of wtf meiotic driver genes in S. pombe using long-read genome assemblies and identifies gene conversion and recombination events contributing to their diversity and persistence.
bioRxiv · May 30, 2024 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology