Benjamin M Moran, Cheyenne Y Payne, Daniel L Powell, Erik N K Iverson, Alexandra E Donny, Shreya M Banerjee, Quinn K Langdon, Theresa R Gunn, Rebecca A Rodriguez-Soto, Angel Madero, John J Baczenas, Korbin M Kleczko, Fang Liu, Rowan Matney, Kratika Singhal, Ryan D Leib, Osvaldo Hernandez-Perez, Russell Corbett-Detig, Judith Frydman, Casey Gifford, Manfred Schartl, Justin C Havird, Molly Schumer
The evolution of reproductive barriers is the first step in the formation of new species and can help us understand the diversification of life on Earth. These reproductive barriers often take the form of hybrid incompatibilities, in which alleles derived from two different species no longer interact properly in hybrids1-3 . Theory predicts that hybrid incompatibilities may be more likely to arise at rapidly evolving genes4-6 and that incompatibilities involving multiple genes should be common7,8 , but there has been sparse empirical data to evaluate these predictions...
January 10, 2024: Nature