Burt, Austin

Genes in conflict : the biology of selfish genetic elements / Austin Burt and Robert Trivers. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008. - viii, 602 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-575) and indexes.

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.

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