In the past decade, advances in genome sequencing have allowed researchers to uncover
the history of hybridization in diverse groups of species, including our own. Although the …

Hybridization is an evolutionary phenomenon that has fascinated biologists for centuries.
Prior to the advent of whole-genome sequencing, it was clear that hybridization had played …

Hybridization among diverging lineages is common in nature. Genomic data provide a
special opportunity to characterize the history of hybridization and the genetic basis of …

Hybridization and its consequences have been of longstanding interest to evolutionary
biologists. Darwin (1859) included a chapter on hybrids and the expression and causes of …

Hybridization has a major role in evolution—from the introgression of important phenotypic
traits between species, to the creation of new species through hybrid speciation. Molecular …

Hybridization is a potent evolutionary process that can affect the origin, maintenance, and
loss of biodiversity. Because of its ecological and evolutionary consequences, an …

Natural hybridization between closely related taxa is a common phenomenon in both plants
and animals. Hybridization has often been viewed as a destructive force that could erode …

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 …

Hybrids between species provide information about the evolutionary processes involved in
divergence. In addition to creating hybrids in the laboratory, biologists can take advantage of …

Hybridization between species is commonplace in plants, but is often seen as unnatural and
unusual in animals. Here, I survey studies of natural interspecific hybridization in plants and …