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Abstract
Several recent studies have suggested that F(1) hybrid male lethality in crosses between Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans is due to a failure in dosage compensation, caused by incompatibilities between D. simulans dosage compensation proteins and the D. melanogaster X chromosome. Contrary to the predictions of this hypothesis, mutations in four essential D. melanogaster dosage compensation genes are shown here to moderately increase rather than decrease hybrid male viability.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19841095 PMCID: PMC2815928 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.109.108100
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Genetics ISSN: 0016-6731 Impact factor: 4.562