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Hybridizing salamanders experience accelerated diversification.
Scientific reports - 16 Apr 2020
Patton Austin H, Margres Mark J, Epstein Brendan, Eastman Jon, Harmon Luke J, Storfer Andrew
Abstract excerpt
Whether hybridization generates or erodes species diversity has long been debated, but to date most studies have been conducted at small taxonomic scales. Salamanders (order Caudata) represent a taxonomic order in which hybridization plays a prevalent ecological and evolutionary role. We employed a recently developed model of trait-dependent diversification to test the hypothesis that hybridization impacts the...
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