Suppressing cheating during cell division (IMAGE)
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Normally, we think each copy of our 23 chromosomes has a 50-50 shot of getting in our reproductive cells—eggs and sperm—but that’s not the case. In a new study, Penn biologists show how proteins have evolved to suppress cheating chromosomes and keep the odds close to even.
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Jun Ma
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