Accelerated evolution of the Prdm9 speciation gene across diverse metazoan taxa.

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 hybri...

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Main Authors: Peter L Oliver, Leo Goodstadt, Joshua J Bayes, Zoë Birtle, Kevin C Roach, Nitin Phadnis, Scott A Beatson, Gerton Lunter, Harmit S Malik, Chris P Ponting
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-12-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2779102?pdf=render