Cell biology: Selfish B chromosomes unleashed by a dysfunctional chromosome segregation system

Patrick Ferree

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.034

Cell biology: Selfish B chromosomes unleashed by a dysfunctional chromosome segregation system

Curr Biol. 2023 Jun 5;33(11):R431-R434. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.034.

Author

Patrick Ferree¹

Affiliation

¹ W. M. Keck Science Department, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges, 925 N. Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711, USA. Electronic address: PFerree@kecksci.claremont.edu.

PMID: 37279661
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.034

Abstract

A study in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster shows that a defective chromosome segregation system allows non-essential B chromosomes to transmit at higher-than-Mendelian frequencies.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Chromosome Segregation*
Chromosomes / genetics
Drosophila / genetics
Drosophila melanogaster* / genetics
Meiosis