Accelerated Evolution of the Prdm9 Speciation Gene across Diverse Metazoan Taxa
Accelerated Evolution of the Prdm9 Speciation Gene across Diverse Metazoan Taxa
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United States: Public Library of Science
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The onset of prezygotic and postzygotic barriers to gene flow between populations is a hallmark of speciation. One of the earliest postzygotic isolating barriers to arise between incipient species is the sterility of the heterogametic sex in interspecies' hybrids. Four genes that underlie hybrid sterility have been identified in animals: Odysseus,...
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Accelerated Evolution of the Prdm9 Speciation Gene across Diverse Metazoan Taxa
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1313501520
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1313501520
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1553-7404,1553-7390
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1553-7404
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10.1371/journal.pgen.1000753
