Engineering multiple species-like genetic incompatibilities in insects

Natural speciation can be driven by pre-zygotic and post-zygotic barriers. Here the authors use a dominant lethal transgene coupled to a recessive resistance allele to engineer species-like barriers in Drosophila.

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Main Authors: Maciej Maselko, Nathan Feltman, Ambuj Upadhyay, Amanda Hayward, Siba Das, Nathan Myslicki, Aidan J. Peterson, Michael B. O’Connor, Michael J. Smanski
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/270db01c945544cf80596ef77ef97a8d
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