Parthenogenesis as a solution to hybrid sterility: the mechanistic basis of meiotic distortions in clonal and sterile hybrids
D. Dedukh, Z. Majtanova, A. Marta, M. Psenicka, J. Kotusz, J. Klima, D. Juchno, A. Boron, K. Janko
This paper investigates how parthenogenesis resolves hybrid sterility in fish hybrids, showing that female fertility is restored through premeiotic endoreplication while male sterility results from meiotic asynapses and reduced crossovers.
Genetics · Aug 1, 2020Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology