MEIOTIC SEGREGATION AND MALE RECOMBINATION IN INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDS OF DROSOPHILA | Zendy

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MEIOTIC SEGREGATION AND MALE RECOMBINATION IN INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDS OF DROSOPHILA

Author(s) -

Jerry A. Coyne

Publication year - 1986

Publication title -

genetics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792

H-Index - 246

eISSN - 1943-2631

pISSN - 0016-6731

DOI - 10.1093/genetics/114.2.485

Subject(s) - biology , meiotic drive , mendelian inheritance , genetics , meiosis , recombination , hybrid , allele , transposable element , drosophila (subgenus) , ectopic recombination , genetic recombination , genetic algorithm , evolutionary biology , homologous recombination , gene , mutant , botany

Male hybrids between three pairs of Drosophila species show no substantial distortion of Mendelian segregation and no appreciable male recombination. These results do not support the theories that meiotic drive alleles of large effect are often fixed within species and that transposable genetic elements cause speciation.

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