Nature Communications (May 2020)

Recent hybrids recapitulate ancient hybrid outcomes

  • Samridhi Chaturvedi,
  • Lauren K. Lucas,
  • C. Alex Buerkle,
  • James A. Fordyce,
  • Matthew L. Forister,
  • Chris C. Nice,
  • Zachariah Gompert

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15641-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Hybrid genomes provide a window into the speciation process over time. Here, Chaturvedi et al. use Lycaeides butterflies from hybrid zones of different ages to show that selection and recombination have repeatable effects on hybrid genome composition across timescales.