Assortative fertilization in Drosophila
Year: 1997
Type: article
Abstract: The concept of gametic isolation has its origins in the 1937 edition of T. Dobzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species. Involving either positive assortative fertilization (as opposed to self-incompatibility) or negative assortative fertilization, it occurs after mating but prior to fertilization. Gametic isolation is generally subsumed under either prezygotic or postmating isolation and thus has not been the subject of extensive investigation. Examples of assortative fertilization in Drosophila are reviewed and compared with those of other organisms. Potential mechanisms leading to assortative fertilization are discussed, as are their evolutionary implications.
Author: Therese Ann Markow
Institution: Arizona State University
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1975841185