ArticleJournal of evolutionary biology2009
Post-zygotic isolation in cactophilic Drosophila: larval viability and adult life-history traits of D. mojavensis/D. arizonae hybrids.
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- Genomic analysis of the four ecologically distinct cactus host populations of Drosophila mojavensis.BMC genomics · 2019Article
- Identification of misexpressed genetic elements in hybrids between Drosophila-related species.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Esterase Profile inZoological studies · 2017Article
- Postmating reproductive barriers contribute to the incipient sexual isolation of the United States and Caribbean Drosophila melanogaster.Ecology and evolution · 2015Article
- On the Coyne and Orr-igin of species: effects of intrinsic postzygotic isolation, ecological differentiation, x chromosome size, and sympatry on Drosophila speciation.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2014Article
- Multifaceted, cross-generational costs of hybridization in sibling Drosophila species.PloS one · 2013Article
- Hybridization and population structure of the Culex pipiens complex in the islands of Macaronesia.Ecology and evolution · 2012Article
- Postzygotic Isolation Evolves before Prezygotic Isolation between Fresh and Saltwater Populations of the Rainwater Killifish, Lucania parva.International journal of evolutionary biology · 2012Article
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Abstract
Drosophila mojavensis and Drosophila arizonae are cactophilic flies that have been used extensively in speciation studies. Incomplete premating isolation, evidence of reinforcement, and a lack of recent introgression between these species point to a potentially important role for post-zygotic isolating barriers in this system. Other than hybrid male sterility, however, post-zygotic isolation between D. mojavensis and D. arizonae has received little attention. In this study, we examined viability and life-history traits of D. mojavensis/D. arizonae F(1) hybrids from sympatric crosses. Specifically, we reared hybrids and purebreds on the natural host cacti of each parental species and compared viability, development time, thorax length, and desiccation resistance between hybrids and purebreds. Interestingly, hybrid females from both crosses performed similarly or even better than purebred females. In contrast, hybrid sons of D. arizonae mothers, in addition to being sterile, had shorter average thorax length than males of both parental species, and hybrid males from both crosses had substantially lower desiccation resistance than D. mojavensis males. The probable cost to hybridization for D. mojavensis females resulting from reduced desiccation resistance of hybrid sons may have been an important selective factor in the history of reinforcement for crosses involving these females.
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