TABLE 1.
D. mauritiana hlx causes hybrid lethality in both of its sibling species, D. simulans and D. sechellia
| Females
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Males
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| Species | Line | Generationa | w+ | w | w+/w ratio | w+ | w | w+/w ratio |
| D. simulans | sim wXD1 | 14 | 99 | 105 | 0.943 | 9 | 110 | 0.082 |
| sim wXD1 | 10 | 72 | 71 | 1.014 | 5 | 123 | 0.04 | |
| sim wNIG | 6 | 26 | 25 | 1.04 | 1 | 31 | 0.032 | |
| sim wNIG | 9 | 66 | 62 | 1.065 | 3 | 49 | 0.061 | |
| D. sechellia | sech w | 6 | 95 | 92 | 1.033 | 0 | 98 | 0 |
| sech w | 8 | 101 | 114 | 0.886 | 2 | 105 | 0.019 | |
a
The number of generations for which the hlx region of D. mauritiana was introgressed into D. simulans or D. sechellia genetic backgrounds.