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The Effect of Temperature on Drosophila Hybrid Fitness.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 9 Feb 2017
Miller Charles J J, Matute Daniel R
Abstract excerpt
Mechanisms of reproductive isolation inhibit gene flow between species and can be broadly sorted into two categories: prezygotic and postzygotic. While comparative studies suggest that prezygotic barriers tend to evolve first, postzygotic barriers are crucial for maintaining species boundaries and impeding gene flow that might otherwise cause incipient species to merge. Most, but not all, postzygotic barriers...
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