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OVERDRIVE'S TWO STRIKES

A gene known as overdrive is found in both USA and Bogotá fruit fly populations. Hybrid fruit fly males carrying an unrestrained copy of the Bogotá version (three populations shown) have much lower fertility than those in which the USA version has been genetically added. In a separate experiment, Bogotá overdrive–carrying males that did manage to mate (two populations shown) sired mostly daughters. Credit: Janel Kiley

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