Title: Genes in conflict : the biology of selfish genetic elements /
Authors: Burt, Austin.; Trivers, Robert.; Trivers, Robert, 1943-
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Selfish genetic elements.; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Abstract: "Covering species from yeast to humans, Genes in Conflict is the first book to tell the story of selfish genetic elements, those continually appearing stretches of DNA that act narrowly to advance their own replication at the expense of the larger organism. As Austin Burt and Robert Trivers show, these selfish genes are a universal feature of life with pervasive effects, including numerous counter-adaptations.".
Contents: 1. Selfish genetic elements -- 2. Autosomal killers -- 3. Selfish sex chromosomes -- 4. Genomic imprinting -- 5. Selfish mitochondrial DNA -- 6. Gene conversion and homing -- 7. Transposable elements -- 8. Female drive -- 9. B chromosomes -- 10. Genomic exclusion -- 11. Selfish cell lineages -- 12. Summary and future directions