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Hybrid speciation in experimental populations of yeast.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 29 Nov 2002
Greig Duncan, Louis Edward J, Borts Rhona H, Travisano Michael
Abstract excerpt
Most models of speciation require gradual change and geographic or ecological isolation for new species to arise. Homoploid hybrid speciation occurred readily between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces paradoxus. Hybrids had high self-fertility (about 82%), low fertility when backcrossed to either parental species (about 7.5%), and vigorous growth under different thermal environments that favored one or...
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