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Assessment of gene flow across a hybrid zone in red-tailed chipmunks (Tamias ruficaudus).
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2009
Hird Sarah, Sullivan Jack
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The role of hybridization in animal speciation is controversial and recent research has challenged the long-standing criterion of complete reproductive isolation to attain species status. The speciation-with-gene-flow model posits that the genome is semi-permeable and hybridization may be a phase in the process of divergence. Here, we apply these concepts to a previously identified zone of mtDNA introgression...
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