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Persistence of an endangered native duck, feral mallards, and multiple hybrid swarms across the main Hawaiian Islands.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2019
Wells Caitlin P, Lavretsky Philip, Sorenson Michael D, Peters Jeffrey L, DaCosta Jeffrey M, Turnbull Stephen, Uyehara Kimberly J, Malachowski Christopher P, Dugger Bruce D, Eadie John M, Engilis Andrew
Abstract excerpt
Interspecific hybridization is recognized as an important process in the evolutionary dynamics of both speciation and the reversal of speciation. However, our understanding of the spatial and temporal patterns of hybridization that erode versus promote species boundaries is incomplete. The endangered, endemic koloa maoli (or Hawaiian duck, Anas wyvilliana) is thought to be threatened with genetic extinction...
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