Microscopic fluorescence image of a C.tropicalis mother worm. (IMAGE)

IMBA- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Microscopic fluorescence image of a C.tropicalis mother worm.

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Microscopic fluorescence image of a C.tropicalis mother worm. The worm carries eggs loaded with a toxin (red) which is expressed from a Toxin-Antidote selfish genetic element only when it was maternally inherited.

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Pinelopi Pliota/IMBA

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