No pre-zygotic isolation mechanisms between Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis parasites: From mating interactions to differential gene expression.

• Main Authors: Julien Kincaid-Smith (Author), Eglantine Mathieu-Bégné (Author), Cristian Chaparro (Author), Marta Reguera-Gomez (Author), Stephen Mulero (Author), Jean-Francois Allienne (Author), Eve Toulza (Author), Jérôme Boissier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Species usually develop reproductive isolation mechanisms allowing them to avoid interbreeding. These preventive barriers can act before reproduction, "pre-zygotic barriers", or after reproduction, "post-zygotic barriers". Pre-zygotic barriers prevent unfavourable mating, while p...