Loss of notum macrochaetae as an interspecific hybrid anomaly between Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans.

Genetics
T S Takano

Abstract

With the aim of revealing genetic variation accumulated among closely related species during the course of evolution, this study focuses on loss of macrochaetae on the notum as one of the developmental anomalies seen in interspecific hybrids between Drosophila melanogaster and its closely related species. Interspecific hybrids between a line of D. melanogaster and D. simulans isofemale lines exhibited a wide range in the number of missing bristles. By contrast, D. mauritiana and D. sechellia lines showed almost no reduction in bristle number in hybrids with D. melanogaster. Genetic analysis showed that the D. simulans X chromosome confers a large effect on hybrid bristle loss, although X-autosome interaction may be involved. This suggests that at least one genetic factor contributing to hybrid anomalies arose recently on a D. simulans X chromosome. Moreover, the results indicate sex dependency: the male hybrids were more susceptible to bristle loss than the female hybrids were. Use of cell type markers suggests that the defect does not lie in cell fate decisions during bristle development, but in the maintenance of neural fate and/or differentiation of the descendants of sensory mother cells.

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