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Moving Speciation Genetics Forward: Modern Techniques Build on Foundational Studies in Drosophila.
Castillo, Dean M; Barbash, Daniel A.
Affiliation
  • Castillo DM; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.
  • Barbash DA; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 dab87@cornell.edu.
Genetics ; 207(3): 825-842, 2017 11.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29097397
The question of how new species evolve has been examined at every level, from macroevolutionary patterns of diversification to molecular population genetic analyses of specific genomic regions between species pairs. Drosophila has been at the center of many of these research efforts. Though our understanding of the speciation process has grown considerably over the past few decades, very few genes have been identified that contribute to barriers to reproduction. The development of advanced molecular genetic and genomic methods provides promising avenues for the rapid discovery of more genes that contribute to speciation, particularly those involving prezygotic isolation. The continued expansion of tools and resources, especially for species other than Drosophila melanogaster, will be most effective when coupled with comparative approaches that reveal the genetic basis of reproductive isolation across a range of divergence times. Future research programs in Drosophila have high potential to answer long-standing questions in speciation. These include identifying the selective forces that contribute to divergence between populations and the genetic basis of traits that cause reproductive isolation. The latter can be expanded upon to understand how the genetic basis of reproductive isolation changes over time and whether certain pathways and genes are more commonly involved.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Drosophila / Genetic Speciation Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Genetics Year: 2017 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Drosophila / Genetic Speciation Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Genetics Year: 2017 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States