Viviparity and habitat restrictions may influence the evolution of male reproductive genes in tsetse fly (Glossina) species
Savini G, Scolari F, Ometto L, Rota-Stabelli O, Carraretto D, Gomulski LM, Gasperi G, Abd-Alla AMM, Aksoy S, Attardo GM, Malacrida AR. Viviparity and habitat restrictions may influence the evolution of male reproductive genes in tsetse fly (Glossina) species. BMC Biology 2021, 19: 211. PMID: 34556101, PMCID: PMC8461966, DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01148-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMale reproductive genesReproductive genesSelective pressureHabitat restrictionLong evolutionary time scalesFunctional selective pressuresPost-zygotic isolationComparative genomics approachReproductive behaviorEvolutionary time scalesUnique reproductive strategyLong evolutionary historyStrong selective pressureDivergent demographic historiesMale reproductive biologyTsetse fly speciesGenomic conflictAdenotrophic viviparityParental genomesGenomic approachesAllopatric distributionsEvolutionary historyDemographic historyReproductive biologyEvolutionary tree