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Citation	Schug, M.D., Baines, J.F., Killon-Atwood, A., Mohanty, S., Das, A., Grath, S., Smith, S.G., Zargham, S., McEvey, S.F., Stephan, W. (2008). Evolution of mating isolation between populations of Drosophila ananassae. Mol. Ecol. 17(11): 2706--2721. (Export to RIS)
FlyBase ID	FBrf0205412
Publication Type	Research paper
PubMed ID	18466237
PubMed Abstract	Prezygotic mating isolation has been a major interest of evolutionary biologists during the past several decades because it is likely to represent one of the first stages in the transition from populations to species. Mate discrimination is one of the most commonly measured forms of prezygotic isolation and appears to be relatively common among closely related species. In some cases, it has been used as a measure to distinguish populations from subspecies, races, and sister species, yet the influences of various evolutionary mechanisms that may generate mate discrimination are largely unknown. In this study, we measured the level and pattern of mate discrimination among 18 populations of a cosmopolitan drosophilid species, Drosophila ananassae, from throughout its geographical range and its sister species, Drosophila pallidosa, which has a restricted geographical distribution in the South Pacific Islands. In addition, we measured genetic differentiation between all 18 populations using mitochondrial DNA polymorphism data. Mate discrimination varies considerably throughout the species range, being higher among populations outside the ancestral Indonesian range, and highest in the South Pacific. Our results suggest that colonization and genetic differentiation may have an influence on the evolutionary origin of mate discrimination. Our phylogeographical approach clarifies the ancestral relationships of several populations from the South Pacific that show particularly strong mate discrimination and suggests that they may be in the early stages of speciation. Furthermore, both the genetic and behavioral results cast doubt on the status of D. pallidosa as a good species.
DOI	10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03770.x
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Language of Publication	English
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Publication Type	Journal
Abbreviation	Mol. Ecol.
Title	Molecular Ecology
Publication Year	1992-
ISBN/ISSN	0962-1083
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