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A simple genetic incompatibility causes hybrid male sterility in mimulus.
Genetics - 1 Apr 2006
Sweigart Andrea L, Fishman Lila, Willis John H
Abstract excerpt
Much evidence has shown that postzygotic reproductive isolation (hybrid inviability or sterility) evolves by the accumulation of interlocus incompatibilities between diverging populations. Although in theory only a single pair of incompatible loci is needed to isolate species, empirical work in Drosophila has revealed that hybrid fertility problems often are highly polygenic and complex. In this article we...
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