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Data from: Empirical evidence for large X-effects in animals with undifferentiated sex chromosomes

Authors/Creators

  • 1. University of Lausanne
  • 2. University of Wrocław
  • 3. Institute of Vertebrate Biology
  • 4. Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
  • 5. Seoul National University

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Reproductive isolation is crucial for the process of speciation to progress. Sex chromosomes have been assigned a key role in driving reproductive isolation but empirical evidence from natural population processes has been restricted to organisms with degenerated sex chromosomes such as mammals and birds. Here we report restricted introgression at sex-linked compared to autosomal markers in a hybrid zone between two incipient species of European tree frog, Hyla arborea and H. orientalis, whose homologous X and Y sex chromosomes are undifferentiated. This large X-effect cannot result from the dominance or faster-X aspects of Haldane's rule, which are specific to degenerated sex chromosomes, but rather supports a role for faster-heterogametic-sex or faster-male evolutionary processes. Our data suggest a prominent contribution of undifferentiated sex chromosomes to speciation.

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Mitochondrial haplotypes and microsatellite genotypes of tree frog samples from the Hyla arborea / Hyla orientalis hybrid zone in Poland
The file shows the mitochondrial haplotype (Hyla arborea or orientalis) and microsatellite genotypes of all samples included in the publication. NA: missing data. See the method section of the publication for further details
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10.1038/srep21029 (DOI)