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Climate, Demography, and Zoogeography Predict Introgression Thresholds in Salmonid Hybrid Zones in Rocky Mountain Streams.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Young Michael K, Isaak Daniel J, McKelvey Kevin S, Wilcox Taylor M, Bingham Daniel M, Pilgrim Kristine L, Carim Kellie J, Campbell Matthew R, Corsi Matthew P, Horan Dona L, Nagel David E, Schwartz Michael K
Abstract excerpt
Among the many threats posed by invasions of nonnative species is introgressive hybridization, which can lead to the genomic extinction of native taxa. This phenomenon is regarded as common and perhaps inevitable among native cutthroat trout and introduced rainbow trout in western North America, despite that these taxa naturally co-occur in some locations. We conducted a synthetic analysis of 13,315 genotyped...
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