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Genetics of hybrid inviability and sterility in Drosophila : The Drosophila melanogaster – Drosophila simulans case
Author(s) -
Sawamura Kyoichi
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
plant species biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1442-1984
pISSN - 0913-557X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2000.00043.x
Subject(s) - reproductive isolation , biology , sterility , drosophila (subgenus) , evolutionary biology , drosophila melanogaster , melanogaster , genetics , genetic algorithm , isolation (microbiology) , gene , population , bioinformatics , demography , sociology
How reproductive isolation is established between populations is a fundamental question in the study of speciation. To answer this question, mechanisms of prezygotic and postzygotic isolation have been analyzed in many species pairs from diverse taxa. Because of its genetic manipulability, the genus Drosophila is suitable for such analyses. Since hybrid inviability and sterility was noticed in crosses between Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans 90 years ago, this species pair has contributed much to our knowledge of genetic mechanisms of reproductive isolation. The history of genetic analyses of postzygotic isolation in this species pair is reviewed here.