TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schwenk, Klaus
A1  - Brede, Nora
A1  - Streit, Bruno
T1  - Introduction : extent, processes and evolutionary impact of interspecific hybridization in animals
T2  - Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
N2  - Since the time of Charles Darwin, studies of interspecific hybridization have been a major focus for evolutionary biologists. Although this phenomenon has often been viewed as problematic in the fields of ecology, taxonomy and systematics, it has become a primary source of data for studies on speciation and adaptation. Effects from genetic/evolutionary processes, such as recombination and natural selection, usually develop over extended periods of time; however, they are accelerated in cases of hybridization. Interspecific hybrids exhibit novel genomes that are exposed to natural selection, thus providing a key to unravel the ultimate causes of adaptation and speciation. Here we provide firstly a historic perspective of hybridization research, secondly a novel attempt to assess the extent of hybridization among animals and thirdly an overview of the reviews and case studies presented in this theme issue.
KW  - animal hybridization
KW  - introgression
KW  - literature review
Y1  - 2008
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/6016
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-60291
SN  - 1471-2970
SN  - 0080-4622
SN  - 0264-3839
SN  - 0264-3960
N1  - This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
VL  - 363
IS  - 1505
SP  - 2805
EP  - 2811
PB  - Royal Society
CY  - London
ER  -