Assault from all sides: hybridization and introgression threaten the already critically endangered Myuchelys georgesi (Chelonia: Chelidae)

Hybridization and introgression between species is remarkably common, even between distantly related taxa. This suggests that the frequency of hybridization between species has been greatly constrained, not by evolutionary divergence in isolation, but by lack of opportunity. This constraint is being...

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Main Authors: Georges, A, Spencer, RJ, Kilian, A, Welsh, M, Zhang, X
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2018-11-01
Series:Endangered Species Research
Online Access:https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v37/p239-247/