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Consequences of Hybridization in Mammals: A Systematic Review.
Genes - 24 Dec 2021
Adavoudi Roya, Pilot Małgorzata
Abstract excerpt
Hybridization, defined as breeding between two distinct taxonomic units, can have an important effect on the evolutionary patterns in cross-breeding taxa. Although interspecific hybridization has frequently been considered as a maladaptive process, which threatens species genetic integrity and survival via genetic swamping and outbreeding depression, in some cases hybridization can introduce novel adaptive...
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