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Genetics of sexual isolation between two sibling species, Drosophila simulans and Drosophila mauritiana. 1989

J A Coyne

Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, IL 60637.

Drosophila simulans and Drosophila mauritiana are sibling species that show substantial sexual isolation in one of their two reciprocal hybridizations. Genetic analysis reveals that in females this isolation is caused by at least one recessive gene on each autosome, while the X chromosome has little or no effect. Our results, combined with those of previous studies, show that in Drosophila the genetics of sexual isolation differs from that of postzygotic reproductive isolation, which invariably involves large effects of the X chromosome.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D002874	Chromosome Mapping	Any method used for determining the location of and relative distances between genes on a chromosome.	Gene Mapping,Linkage Mapping,Genome Mapping,Chromosome Mappings,Gene Mappings,Genome Mappings,Linkage Mappings,Mapping, Chromosome,Mapping, Gene,Mapping, Genome,Mapping, Linkage,Mappings, Chromosome,Mappings, Gene,Mappings, Genome,Mappings, Linkage
D003433	Crosses, Genetic	Deliberate breeding of two different individuals that results in offspring that carry part of the genetic material of each parent. The parent organisms must be genetically compatible and may be from different varieties or closely related species.	Cross, Genetic,Genetic Cross,Genetic Crosses
D004330	Drosophila	A genus of small, two-winged flies containing approximately 900 described species. These organisms are the most extensively studied of all genera from the standpoint of genetics and cytology.	Fruit Fly, Drosophila,Drosophila Fruit Flies,Drosophila Fruit Fly,Drosophilas,Flies, Drosophila Fruit,Fly, Drosophila Fruit,Fruit Flies, Drosophila
D005075	Biological Evolution	The process of cumulative change over successive generations through which organisms acquire their distinguishing morphological and physiological characteristics.	Evolution, Biological
D005260	Female		Females
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia