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Fine-scale genetic mapping of a hybrid sterility factor between Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana: the varied and elusive functions of "speciation genes".
BMC evolutionary biology - 14 Dec 2010
Araripe Luciana O, Montenegro Horácio, Lemos Bernardo, Hartl Daniel L
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BACKGROUND: Hybrid male sterility (HMS) is a usual outcome of hybridization between closely related animal species. It arises because interactions between alleles that are functional within one species may be disrupted in hybrids. The identification of genes leading to hybrid sterility is of great interest for understanding the evolutionary process of speciation. In the current work we used marked P-element...
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