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Behavioural reproductive isolation and speciation in Drosophila

Journal of Biosciences volume 37, pages 359–374 (2012)Cite this article

Abstract

The origin of premating reproductive isolation continues to help elucidate the process of speciation and is the central event in the evolution of biological species. Therefore, during the process of species formation the diverging populations must acquire some means of reproductive isolation so that the genes from one gene pool are prevented from dispersing freely into a foreign gene pool. In the genus Drosophila, the phenomenon of behavioural reproductive isolation, which is an important type of premating (prezygotic) reproductive isolating mechanisms, has been extensively studied and interesting data have been documented. In many cases incomplete sexual isolation has been observed and the pattern and degree of isolation within and between the species have often been used to elucidate the phylogenetic relationships. The present review documents an overview of speciation mediated through behavioural incompatibility in different species groups of Drosophila with particular reference to the models proposed on the basis of one-sided ethological isolation to predict the direction of evolution. This study is crucial for understanding the mechanism of speciation through behavioural incompatibility and also for an understanding of speciation genetics in future prospects.

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The financial support from the UGC, New Delhi, in the form of a Major Research Project to BNS and a Junior Research Fellowship from UGC (NET) to PN is gratefully acknowledged. We also thank the two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on the original draft of the manuscript, and Ms Parul Banerjee for her valuable inputs during the revision of the manuscript.

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Nanda, P., Singh, B.N. Behavioural reproductive isolation and speciation in Drosophila . J Biosci 37, 359–374 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12038-012-9193-7

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Keywords

  • Behavioural reproductive isolation
  • Drosophila
  • isolating barriers
  • models of asymmetry
  • speciation