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Selection against recombinant hybrids maintains reproductive isolation in hybridizing Populus species despite F1 fertility and recurrent gene flow

Christe, Camille ; Stölting, Kai N. ; Bresadola, Luisa ; Fussi, Barbara ; Heinze, Berthold ; Wegmann, Daniel ; Lexer, Christian

In: Molecular Ecology, 2016, p. -

Natural hybrid zones have proven to be precious tools for understanding the origin and maintenance of reproductive isolation (RI) and therefore species. Most available genomic studies of hybrid zones using whole or partial genome resequencing approaches have focused on comparisons of the parental source populations involved in genome admixture, rather than exploring fine-scale patterns of...

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‘Next generation’ biogeography: towards understanding the drivers of species diversification and persistence

Lexer, Christian ; Mangili, Sofia ; Bossolini, Eligio ; Forest, Felix ; Stölting, Kai N. ; Pearman, Peter B. ; Zimmermann, Niklaus E. ; Salamin, Nicolas

In: Journal of Biogeography, 2013, p. -

The drivers of species diversification and persistence are of great interest to current biogeography, especially in those global biodiversity ‘hotspots’ harbouring most of Earth's animal and plant life. Classical multispecies biogeographical work has yielded fascinating insights into broad-scale patterns of diversification, and DNA-based intraspecific phylogeographical studies have started to...