The importance of hybridization in generating biological diversity has been historically
controversial. Previously, inference about hybridization was limited by dependence on …

An increasing number of species are thought to have originated by homoploid hybrid
speciation (HHS), but in only a handful of cases are details of the process known. A previous …

The large number of Phlox taxa whose attributes are intermediate to or are a composite of
those of other taxa suggests that hybridization may haveplayed a major role in the evolution …

Homoploid hybrid speciation is the origin of a hybrid species without change in chromosome
number. Although currently thought to be a rare form of speciation, especially relative to the …

Hybridization is often maladaptive and in some instances has led to the loss of biodiversity.
However, hybridization can also promote speciation, such as during homoploid hybrid …

Homoploid hybrid speciation occurs when a stable, fertile and reproductively isolated
lineage results from hybridization between two distinct species, without a change in ploidy …

In their recent article Nieto Feliner and colleagues discuss in detail our previous article “How
common is homoploid hybrid speciation?” They conclude that our criteria for homoploid …

Premise of research. A number of recent studies have shown that hybridization plays a key
role in the evolution of plants and can lead to the development of genetic and taxonomic …

Comparative evolutionary biologists have a love/hate relationship with homoplasy. On the
one hand, contemporary comparative studies require robust estimates of phylogenetic …

Homoploid hybrid speciation is challenging to document because hybridization can lead to
outcomes other than speciation. Thus, some authors have argued that establishment of …