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A history of hybrids? Genomic patterns of introgression in the True Geese.
BMC evolutionary biology - 22 Aug 2017
Ottenburghs Jente, Megens Hendrik-Jan, Kraus Robert H S, van Hooft Pim, van Wieren Sipke E, Crooijmans Richard P M A, Ydenberg Ronald C, Groenen Martien A M, Prins Herbert H T
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BACKGROUND: The impacts of hybridization on the process of speciation are manifold, leading to distinct patterns across the genome. Genetic differentiation accumulates in certain genomic regions, while divergence is hampered in other regions by homogenizing gene flow, resulting in a heterogeneous genomic landscape. A consequence of this heterogeneity is that genomes are mosaics of different gene histories that...
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