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Selfish sperm hijack Overdrive gene to kill healthy rivals
- March 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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A new University of Utah-led study has discovered the mechanism behind a decades-old evolutionary mystery—how "selfish chromosomes" cheat the rules of genetic inheritance. The researchers found that rogue chromosomes hijack the Overdrive (Ovd) gene to destroy rival sperm.
Originally published at Phys.org