Mechanisms of intrinsic postzygotic isolation: from traditional genic and chromosomal views to genomic and epigenetic perspectives

R Reifová, SL Ament-Velásquez… - Cold Spring …, 2023 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Intrinsic postzygotic isolation typically appears as reduced viability or fertility of interspecific
hybrids caused by genetic incompatibilities between diverged parental genomes …

[HTML][HTML] " Junk" that matters: the role of transposable elements in bumblebee genome evolution

C Sun, A Zhang, J Chen, S Schaack - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Bumblebees have lower transposable element (TE) content than many other
insects•TEs contribute to genome size variation and novel functional sequences in …

Double trouble: two retrotransposons triggered a cascade of invasions in Drosophila species within the last 50 years

A Scarpa, R Pianezza, HR Gellert, A Haider… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Horizontal transfer of genetic material in eukaryotes has rarely been documented over short
evolutionary timescales. Here, we show that two retrotransposons, Shellder and Spoink …

Population density affects Drosophila male pheromones in laboratory-acclimated and natural lines

JF Ferveur, J Cortot, B Moussian… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - Springer
In large groups of vertebrates and invertebrates, aggregation can affect biological characters
such as gene expression, physiological, immunological and behavioral responses. The …

Causative genes of intrinsic hybrid incompatibility in animals and plants: what we have learned about speciation from the molecular perspective

J Kitano, G Okude - Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Intrinsic hybrid incompatibility is one of the important reproductive isolating barriers between
species. Several genes causing intrinsic hybrid incompatibilities have been identified over …

Hybrid incompatibility between Drosophila virilis and D. lummei is stronger in the presence of transposable elements

DM Castillo, LC Moyle - Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Mismatches between parental genomes in selfish elements are frequently hypothesized to
underlie hybrid dysfunction and drive speciation. However, because the genetic basis of …

Wolbachia in natural Drosophila simulans (Diptera: Drosophilidae) populations in Ukraine

S Serga, OM Maistrenko, PA Kovalenko, O Tsila… - Symbiosis, 2023 - Springer
Abstract In Drosophila, endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia were first described in the late
1980s as a bacterial agent causing cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila simulans …

Enrichment of hard sweeps on the X chromosome compared to autosomes in six Drosophila species

M Harris, BY Kim, N Garud - Genetics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The X chromosome, being hemizygous in males, is exposed one-third of the time increasing
the visibility of new mutations to natural selection, potentially leading to different evolutionary …

Gap genes are involved in inviability in hybrids between Drosophila melanogaster and D. santomea

W Chang, M Kreitman, DR Matute - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Evolved changes within species lead to the inevitable loss of viability in hybrids. Inviability is
also a convenient phenotype to genetically map and validate functionally divergent genes …

Hybrid incompatibility between D. virilis and D. lumei is stronger in the presence of transposable elements

DM Castillo, LC Moyle - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Mismatches between parental genomes in selfish elements are frequently hypothesized to
underlie hybrid dysfunction and drive speciation. However, because the genetic basis of …