The evolution of hybrid fitness during speciation.

The evolution of postzygotic reproductive isolation is an important component of speciation. But before isolation is complete there is sometimes a phase of heterosis in which hybrid fitness exceeds that of the two parental species. The genetics and evolution of heterosis and postzygotic isolation ha...

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Main Authors: Andrius J Dagilis, Mark Kirkpatrick, Daniel I Bolnick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-05-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008125