Invasion and Persistence of a Selfish Gene in the Cnidaria

Matthew R. Goddard; Jessica Leigh; Andrew J Roger; Andrew J Pemberton

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000003

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Invasion and Persistence of a Selfish Gene in the Cnidaria

Matthew R. Goddard ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: m.goddard@auckland.ac.nz

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand, National Environment Research Council Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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Jessica Leigh,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Andrew J Roger,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Andrew J Pemberton

Current address: Zoological Museum of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Affiliation Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Plymouth, United Kingdom
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Invasion and Persistence of a Selfish Gene in the Cnidaria

Matthew R. Goddard,
Jessica Leigh,
Andrew J Roger,
Andrew J Pemberton

Published: December 20, 2006
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000003

About the Authors

Matthew R. Goddard

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: m.goddard@auckland.ac.nz

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand, National Environment Research Council Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Jessica Leigh

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Andrew J Roger

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Andrew J Pemberton

Current address: Zoological Museum of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Affiliation Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG. Analyzed the data: AR MG JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR MG AP. Wrote the paper: MG AP

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