What causes partial F1 hybrid viability? Incomplete penetrance versus genetic variation.

Interspecific hybrid crosses often produce offspring with reduced but non-zero survivorship. In this paper we ask why such partial inviability occurs. This partial inviability could arise from incomplete penetrance of lethal Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities (DMIs) shared by all members of a hybri...

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Main Authors: Hernán López-Fernández, Daniel I Bolnick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2121587?pdf=render