image: University of Rochester biologists Daven Presgraves and Christina Muirhead studied the genomes of three closely related species of Drosophila (fruit flies) and found further evidence of an evolutionary arms race at play. Fruit flies are beneficial model organisms because they share about 70 percent of the same genes that cause human diseases and are similar to humans on the molecular level. view more
Credit: University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster
Journal
Nature Ecology & Evolution
Method of Research
Experimental study
Subject of Research
Not applicable
Article Title
Satellite DNA-mediated diversification of a sex-ratio meiotic drive gene family in Drosophila