R2d2 (mouse gene)
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r2d2-mouse-gene-178-684517
title:
R2d2 (mouse gene)
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R2d2 is a mouse genomic locus that is sometimes a selfish region. R2d2 is short for "Responder to meiotic drive 2", It was discovered by UNC School of Medicine researchers to display transmission bias. R2d2 is a stretch of DNA on mouse chromosome 2 that contains multiple copies of the Cwc22 gene. When seven or more copies of that latter gene are present, R2d2 becomes selfish. In one lab breeding population, in a selective sweep, R2d2 increased from being in 50 percent of the lab mice's chromosom
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Gene in mice
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R2d2_(mouse_gene)
date created:
2005-08-07T03:39:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T15:41:02Z
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