Study of Worms Reveals 'Selfish Genes' That Encode a Toxin - and Its Antidote
Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 13:52
in Biology & Nature
UCLA scientists team found that a worm commonly used in lab research possesses a pair of genes that encode both a poison and its antidote. The genes represent one of the clearest examples to date of a "selfish genetic element" at the molecular level.