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Please put answers in your own words; don’t just re-state what the authors say.
Introduction:
1. What are the three most common biological phenomena that can cause
unequal transmission of parental alleles to progeny? (1 pt)
2. Which of the three items from #1 represent true “meiotic drive?” (1 pt)
3. In most plants and animals, how is the outcome of female meiosis different
from male meiosis? (1 pt)
Three of the four products of meiosis degenerate and only one forms a gamete.
The selfish characteristics allow it to be selected as the one meiotic product to form
the viable gamete, which means it will be the sexually successful one, allowing it to
be passed on.
5. What are centromeres, and how can they contribute to meiotic drive? (1 pt)
6. What are several features that make selfish chromosomal elements difficult
to detect? (1pt)
One method of selfish chromosomal competition is listed above with the centromere
competition. This is nearly impossible to detect without detailed genotypic analyses.
1:3:3:1
They cannot reject the null hypothesis, because this doesn’t follow the 1:2:1 ratio
that it should.
b. What were the proportions that the authors observed if the F1 plant
was a male? (0.5 pt)
c. What were the proportions that the authors observed if the F1 plant
was a female? (0.5 pt)
10. Based on the authors’ finding in #9, which hypothesis from #8 appears most
likely? (1 pt)
¼.
During meiosis.
Discussion
13. Based on their data, what is the authors’ best hypothesis for what is causing
such strong transmission distortion in these hybrid plants? (1 pt)