I knew it! I’ve been wondering about this for literally years, thanks for confirming that this is a thing that happens.
The coolest example is Cupressus dupreziana, the androgenetic cypress. It’s hard to observe a history of extinctions from meiotic drive, bc it’s not a cause of death that fossilizes, but this one we’re seeing just right before it completes. When I learned about this, there were only 28 individuals left in this species. Genome Exclusion is covered in chapter 10 of Burt & Trivers.
The coolest example is Cupressus dupreziana, the androgenetic cypress. It’s hard to observe a history of extinctions from meiotic drive, bc it’s not a cause of death that fossilizes, but this one we’re seeing just right before it completes. When I learned about this, there were only 28 individuals left in this species. Genome Exclusion is covered in chapter 10 of Burt & Trivers.