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Secondary contact between Lycaeides idas and L. melissa in the Rocky Mountains: extensive admixture and a patchy hybrid zone.
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2010
Gompert Zachariah, Lucas Lauren K, Fordyce James A, Forister Matthew L, Nice Chris C
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Studies of hybridization have increased our understanding of the nature of species boundaries, the process of speciation, and the effects of hybridization on the evolution of populations and species. In the present study we use genetic and morphological data to determine the outcome and consequences of secondary contact and hybridization between the butterfly species Lycaeides idas and L. melissa in the Rocky...
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