Tissue-Specific cis-Regulatory Divergence Implicates eloF in Inhibiting Interspecies Mating in Drosophila.

ABSTRACT: Reproductive isolation is a key component of speciation. In many insects, a major driver of this isolation is cuticular hydrocarbon pheromones, which help to identify potential intraspecific mates [1-3]. When the distributions of related species overlap, there may be strong selection on mate choice for intraspecific partners [4-9] because interspecific hybridization carries significant fitness costs [10]. Drosophila has been a key model for the investigation of reproductive isolation; although both male and female mate choices have been extensively investigated [6, 11-16], the genes underlying species recognition remain largely unknown. To explore the molecular mechanisms underlying Drosophila speciation, we measured tissue-specific cis-regulatory divergence using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq)

SUBMITTER: Combs PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6322677 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature