| Title: | Genetics of Drosophila simulans male mating discrimination in crosses with D. melanogaster |
| Author(s): | Carracedo MC; Asenjo A; Casares P; |
| Address: | "Area de Genetica, Departamento de Biologia Funcional, 33071 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. mcc@correo.uniovi.es" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0018-067X (Print) 0018-067X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The genetic bases of sexual isolation between Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans have been mainly studied in females, and there is little information about the role of the males in interspecific mating discrimination. Using D. simulans synthetic lines with compound chromosomes from a population of the Seychelles Islands (high frequency of interspecific mating) and a multimarker strain (low frequency), we show that D. simulans males play an important role in discriminating D. melanogaster females. The genetics of male discrimination fits well with the inheritance mode of a single locus, dominant for sexual isolation, located in chromosome II near the net mutation (2L-0.0). The heterospecific mating success of the male was not related to his sexual vigor. The specific load of male cuticular hydrocarbons was counted as a possible source of discrimination used by the D. melanogaster female" |
| Keywords: | "Analysis of Variance Animals *Crosses, Genetic Drosophila/*genetics Drosophila melanogaster/*genetics Female Genetic Variation Hybridization, Genetic Hydrocarbons/analysis Male Sex Attractants/analysis Sexual Behavior, Animal;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineCarracedo, M C Asenjo, A Casares, P eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2003/08/27 Heredity (Edinb). 2003 Sep; 91(3):202-7. doi: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800328" |
