08.31.07
Genetic conflict
Biologists find evidence supporting controversial genetic theory
Biologists in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and their collaborators at other universities have found experimental evidence that supports a controversial theory of genetic conflict in the reproduction of some animals.
The research provides a rare example of Darwinism in action at both the DNA and the species levels.
It supports the idea of a genetic “arms race” or “battle of the sexes” occurring at the molecular level in animals that support their developing offspring through a placenta.