Table 1 Chronological overview of Haldane's Rule literature reviews and their taxonomic foci

From: Haldane's rule in the 21st century

Taxonomic group

Reference

Number of pairwise comparisons

All taxa

Haldane, 1922

6 Mammalia, 9 Aves, 30 Lepidoptera, 1 Diptera (Drosophila)

Mammalia

Craft, 1938

∼30a

Drosophila

Coyne and Orr, 1989 (based on Bock, 1984)

145

Mammalia

Coyne and Orr, 1989 (based on Gray, 1954)

20

Aves

Coyne and Orr, 1989 (based on Gray, 1958)

43 (for fertility); 18 (for viability)

All taxa

Coyne, 1992

25 Mammalia, 30 Aves, 36 Lepidoptera, 114 Diptera (Drosophila)

All taxa

Wu and Davis, 1993

25 Mammalia, 30 Aves, 36 Lepidopterab, 202 Diptera (Drosophila)c

All taxa

Laurie, 1997

25 Mammals, 30 Avesd, 1 Amphibia, 3 Reptilia, 196 Insecta (including 71 Lepidoptera), 1 Nematodae

Aves

Price and Bouvier, 2002

407

Anatinae (ducks)

Tubaro and Lijtmaer, 2002

161

Columbidae (pigeons and doves)

Lijtmaer et al., 2003

21

Lepidoptera

Presgraves, 2002

212

Teleostei (bony fish)

Russell, 2003

19

  1. aSpecies status of some of the comparisons unclear.
  2. bSame data as in Coyne (1992).
  3. cCounting reciprocal crosses separately.
  4. dFrom Wu and Davis (1993).
  5. eSee Laurie (1997) for original references.
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