Gavin Woodruff
@weirdworms.bsky.social
Development, evolution, worms, gene name etymology. I log interesting papers, questions, and ideas.
Does the evolution of seemingly-widespread intraspecific toxin-antidote systems drive speciation in nematodes???
January 12, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Does the evolution of seemingly-widespread intraspecific toxin-antidote systems drive speciation in nematodes???
"This lethality is caused by a maternally deposited toxin, Cni-hlix-1, a chimeric gene formed through the fusion of host and bacterial sequences."
January 12, 2026 at 5:17 PM
"This lethality is caused by a maternally deposited toxin, Cni-hlix-1, a chimeric gene formed through the fusion of host and bacterial sequences."