Introduction : extent, processes and evolutionary impact of interspecific hybridization in animals
- 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.
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| Author: | Klaus SchwenkORCiD, Nora Brede, Bruno StreitGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-60291 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0055 |
| ISSN: | 1471-2970 |
| ISSN: | 0080-4622 |
| ISSN: | 0264-3839 |
| ISSN: | 0264-3960 |
| Pubmed Id: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18534946 |
| Parent Title (English): | Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences |
| Publisher: | Royal Society |
| Place of publication: | London |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2008/11/12 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2008/06/05 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2008/11/12 |
| Tag: | animal hybridization; introgression; literature review |
| Volume: | 363 |
| Issue: | 1505 |
| Page Number: | 7 |
| First Page: | 2805 |
| Last Page: | 2811 |
| Note: | 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. |
| Source: | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B, Biological Sciences 1–7. ; Published online 2008 June 5. doi:10.1098/rstb.2008.0055 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 208746722 |
| Institutes: | Biowissenschaften / Biowissenschaften |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung 2.0 |
