Centromeres are essential regions of eukaryotic chromosomes responsible for the formation
of kinetochore complexes, which connect to spindle microtubules during cell division …

Centromeres are essential loci in eukaryotes that are necessary for the faithful segregation
of chromosomes in mitosis and meiosis. Centromeres organize the kinetochore, the protein …

Supergenes are tightly linked sets of loci that are inherited together and control complex
phenotypes. While classical supergenes—governing traits such as wing patterns in …

Ants show striking diversity in social organization, raising major questions on the proximate
and ultimate causes of such variation. The shift from one-queen (= monogyne) societies to …

Highlights•Genetic elements can exploit female meiosis and be overtransmitted or 'drive'.•In
maize, neocentromeres drive by acquiring novel means of chromosome movement.•In …

Gamete killers are genetic loci that distort segregation in the progeny of hybrids because the
killer allele promotes the elimination of the gametes that carry the sensitive allele. They are …

Meiotic drive is the biased transmission of alleles from heterozygotes, contrary to Mendel's
laws, and reflects intragenomic conflict rather than organism-level Darwinian selection …

Intrinsic hybrid incompatibility is one of the important isolating barriers between species. In
organisms with sex chromosomes, intrinsic hybrid incompatibility often follows two rules …

Rapid touch-sensitive stigma closure is a novel plant reproductive trait found in hundreds of
Lamiales species. The origins, mechanisms, and functions of stigma closure remain poorly …

Background: Centromeres mediate chromosome segregation during cell division. In plants,
centromeres are loaded with CENH3-variant nucleosomes, which direct kinetochore …