Homoploid hybrid speciation (HHS) has been increasingly recognized as occurring widely
during species diversification of both plants and animals. However, previous studies on HHS …

Hybridization can drive speciation. We examine the hypothesis that Castanea henryi var.
omeiensis is an evolutionary lineage that originated from hybridization between two near …

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 …

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 …

2014; Grant and Grant, 2015; Abbott et al., 2016; Pennisi, 2016). Homoploid hybrid
speciation (HHS) is the formation of a newhybrid—species, independent from its parents, via …

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 …

Although the evolutionary importance of natural hybridization has been debated for
decades, it has become increasingly clear that hybridization plays a fundamental role in the …

Hybridization has long been recognized as a fundamental evolutionary process in plants
but, until recently, our understanding of its phylogenetic distribution and biological …

Background Whole genome duplication plays a central role in plant evolution. There are two
main classes of polyploid formation: autopolyploids which arise within one species by …

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 …