Differential introgression and the maintenance of species boundaries in an advanced generation avian hybrid zone.

Jennifer WalshW Gregory ShriverBrian J OlsenAdrienne I Kovach

Published in: BMC evolutionary biology (2016)

Our findings offer insight into the dynamics of a hybrid zone traversing a unique environmental gradient and provide evidence for a role of ecological divergence in the maintenance of pure species boundaries despite ongoing gene flow.

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