How genes causing unfit hybrids evolve within populations: a review of models of postzygotic isolation

• Published in: Population ecology Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 157 - 163
• Main Authors: Hayashi, T. I., Kawata, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer‐Verlag 01.12.2002; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Animal populations; Animal reproduction; Evolution; Evolutionary biology; Genes; Genetic diversity; Genetic drift; Genetics of speciation; Genotype & phenotype; Key words Speciation; Male sterility; Mathematical model; Mutation; Population; Postmating isolation; Reproductive isolation

The main subject for models of postzygotic isolation has been how reproductive isolation genes (RI genes) which cause hybrid inviability or sterility spread within populations despite their deleterious effects. The models are divided into three categories according to the within‐population effect of...