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. 2004 Mar;166(3):1357–1366. doi: 10.1534/genetics.166.3.1357

Signature of selective sweep associated with the evolution of sex-ratio drive in Drosophila simulans.

Nicolas Derome 1, Karine Métayer 1, Catherine Montchamp-Moreau 1, Michel Veuille 1
PMCID: PMC1470789  PMID: 15082554

Abstract

In several Drosophila species, the XY Mendelian ratio is disturbed by X-linked segregation distorters (sex-ratio drive). We used a collection of recombinants between a nondistorting chromosome and a distorting X chromosome originating from the Seychelles to map a candidate sex-ratio region in Drosophila simulans using molecular biallelic markers. Our data were compatible with the presence of a sex-ratio locus in the 7F cytological region. Using sequence polymorphism at the Nrg locus, we showed that sex-ratio has induced a strong selective sweep in populations from Madagascar and Réunion, where distorting chromosomes are close to a 50% frequency. The complete association between the marker and the sex-ratio phenotype and the near absence of mutations and recombination in the studied fragment after the sweep event indicate that this event is recent. Examples of selective sweeps are increasingly reported in a number of genomes. This case identifies the causal selective force. It illustrates that all selective sweeps are not necessarily indicative of an increase in the average fitness of populations.

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