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Genetics, Vol. 172, 2465-2479, April 2006, Copyright © 2006
doi:10.1534/genetics.105.053686

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A Simple Genetic Incompatibility Causes Hybrid Male Sterility in Mimulus

Andrea L. Sweigart*,1, Lila Fishman{dagger} and John H. Willis*

* Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 and {dagger} Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812

1 Corresponding author: Department of Biology, Box 90338, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708.
E-mail: als21{at}duke.edu

Much evidence has shown that postzygotic reproductive isolation (hybrid inviability or sterility) evolves by the accumulation of interlocus incompatibilities between diverging populations. Although in theory only a single pair of incompatible loci is needed to isolate species, empirical work in Drosophila has revealed that hybrid fertility problems often are highly polygenic and complex. In this article we investigate the genetic basis of hybrid sterility between two closely related species of monkeyflower, Mimulus guttatus and M. nasutus. In striking contrast to Drosophila systems, we demonstrate that nearly complete hybrid male sterility in Mimulus results from a simple genetic incompatibility between a single pair of heterospecific loci. We have genetically mapped this sterility effect: the M. guttatus allele at the hybrid male sterility 1 (hms1) locus acts dominantly in combination with recessive M. nasutus alleles at the hybrid male sterility 2 (hms2) locus to cause nearly complete hybrid male sterility. In a preliminary screen to find additional small-effect male sterility factors, we identified one additional locus that also contributes to some of the variation in hybrid male fertility. Interestingly, hms1 and hms2 also cause a significant reduction in hybrid female fertility, suggesting that sex-specific hybrid defects might share a common genetic basis. This possibility is supported by our discovery that recombination is reduced dramatically in a cross involving a parent with the hms1–hms2 incompatibility.




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