Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans rescue strains produce fit offspring, despite divergent centromere-specific histone alleles

Heredity

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-35

  Sainz, A ^a   Wilder, J A ^b   Wolf, M ^b   Hollocher, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centromere identifier; Drosophila; Rescue; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HERITABILITY; HYBRIDIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HISTONES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; KINETOCHORES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; EUKARYOTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0038573975     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800275     Document Type: Article

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