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Range expansion underlies historical introgressive hybridization in the Iberian hare.
Scientific reports - 25 Jan 2017
Marques João P, Farelo Liliana, Vilela Joana, Vanderpool Dan, Alves Paulo C, Good Jeffrey M, Boursot Pierre, Melo-Ferreira José
Abstract excerpt
Introgressive hybridization is an important and widespread evolutionary process, but the relative roles of neutral demography and natural selection in promoting massive introgression are difficult to assess and an important matter of debate. Hares from the Iberian Peninsula provide an appropriate system to study this question. In its northern range, the Iberian hare, Lepus granatensis, shows a northwards gradient...
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