ERC Starting Grant · 2018
Under Mendelian inheritance, individuals receive one set of chromosomes from each of their parents, and transmit one set of these chromosomes at random to their offspring. Yet, in thousands of animals Mendel's laws are broken and the transmission of maternal and paternal alleles lose their symmetry. A large body of theory suggests that these asymmetries might arise because of maternal–paternal genetic conflict, but empirical tests are sorely needed to test whether the plausible is actual. This proposal aims to understand why, when and how the transmission of genes from one generation to the next deviates from Mendel’s laws. We ask how different types of sexual conflict -- both directly…
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