Article
Hybridization can promote adaptive radiation by means of transgressive segregation.
Ecology letters - 1 Feb 2018
Kagawa Kotaro, Takimoto Gaku
Abstract excerpt
Understanding the mechanisms of rapid adaptive radiation has been a central problem of evolutionary ecology. Recently, there is a growing recognition that hybridization between different evolutionary lineages can facilitate adaptive radiation by creating novel phenotypes. Yet, theoretical plausibility of this hypothesis remains unclear because, for example, hybridization can negate pre-existing species richness....
Topics
- Biological Evolution
- Ecology
- Ecosystem
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Phenotype