ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2024
Synthesis and Scope of the Role of Postmating Prezygotic Isolation in Speciation.
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- A standardised framework for classifying estimates of reproductive isolation.Evolution letters · 2026Article
- The role of female reproductive fluid in mediating reproductive isolation between ecotypes of the three-spined stickleback.Zoological letters · 2026Article
- The presence and strength of post-pollination barriers in an orchid lineage that lacks pollinator specialization.Annals of botany · 2026Article
- The Evolution of Reproductive Isolation Beyond a Strong First Barrier in Speciation Between Micro-Allopatric Host Races of a Phytophagous Ladybird Beetle,Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Evolution of the reproductive interactome and the origins of postmating-prezygotic reproductive divergence.BMC biology · 2026Article
- Parallel and non-parallel features of adaptive radiation in Yucatán pupfishes.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Sexual selection and speciation: a meta-analysis of comparative studies.Evolution letters · 2025Article
- The molecular evolutionary basis of species formation revisited.Trends in genetics : TIG · 2025Review
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- Gene expression and pollen performance indicate altered postmating selection between Solanum species with different mating systems.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025Article
- Mismatch between pollen and pistil size causes asymmetric mechanical reproductive isolation across Phlox species.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2024Article
- Mismatch between pollen and pistil size causes asymmetric mechanical reproductive isolation acrossbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- How Important Is Sexual Isolation to Speciation?Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2024Review
- Anthropogenic Change and the Process of Speciation.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2023Review
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Abstract
How barriers to gene flow arise and are maintained are key questions in evolutionary biology. Speciation research has mainly focused on barriers that occur either before mating or after zygote formation. In comparison, postmating prezygotic (PMPZ) isolation-a barrier that acts after gamete release but before zygote formation-is less frequently investigated but may hold a unique role in generating biodiversity. Here we discuss the distinctive features of PMPZ isolation, including the primary drivers and molecular mechanisms underpinning PMPZ isolation. We then present the first comprehensive survey of PMPZ isolation research, revealing that it is a widespread form of prezygotic isolation across eukaryotes. The survey also exposes obstacles in studying PMPZ isolation, in part attributable to the challenges involved in directly measuring PMPZ isolation and uncovering its causal mechanisms. Finally, we identify outstanding knowledge gaps and provide recommendations for improving future research on PMPZ isolation. This will allow us to better understand the nature of this often-neglected reproductive barrier and its contribution to speciation.
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