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Rapid evolution and gene-specific patterns of selection for three genes of spermatogenesis in Drosophila.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Mar 2006
Civetta Alberto, Rajakumar Sujeetha A, Brouwers Barb, Bacik John P
Abstract excerpt
Hybrid males resulting from crosses between closely related species of Drosophila are sterile. The F1 hybrid sterility phenotype is mainly due to defects occurring during late stages of development that relate to sperm individualization, and so genes controlling sperm development may have been subjected to selective diversification between species. It is also possible that genes of spermatogenesis experience...
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