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Disruption of genetic interaction between two autosomal regions and the X chromosome causes reproductive isolation between mouse strains derived from different subspecies.
Genetics - 1 Jan 2007
Oka Ayako, Aoto Toshihiro, Totsuka Yoshikazu, Takahashi Riichi, Ueda Masatsugu, Mita Akihiko, Sakurai-Yamatani Noriko, Yamamoto Hiromi, Kuriki Satoshi, Takagi Nobuo, Moriwaki Kazuo, Shiroishi Toshihiko
Abstract excerpt
Reproductive isolation that initiates speciation is likely caused by incompatibility among multiple loci in organisms belonging to genetically diverging populations. Laboratory C57BL/6J mice, which predominantly originated from Mus musculus domesticus, and a MSM/Ms strain derived from Japanese wild mice (M. m. molossinus, genetically close to M. m. musculus) are reproductively isolated. Their F1 hybrids are...
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