Hybridization, or interbreeding between different taxa, was traditionally considered to be
rare and to have a largely detrimental impact on biodiversity, sometimes leading to the …

The phenomenon of hybridization has fascinated scientists for many decades and in various
biological contexts (eg Darwin, 1862; Haldane, 1922; Dobzhansky, 1937; Mayr, 1946; …

1942). Here, the author went further than his forerunners in depicting the living world as
consisting of discrete clusters of reproductively isolated entities called species and …

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 …

Natural hybridization plays a pivotal role in the formation of new species during the evolution
of organisms. There are two principal types of hybrid speciation: polyploidization and …

Hybridization occurs commonly in nature. Due to decreasing fitness, a large number of
hybridized offspring might be eliminated in natural conditions, but many hybridization …

Hybridization has been alternatively viewed as evolutionary noise (eg Wagner, 1970) and
an engine of biodiversity (eg Arnold, 1997), and debate continues over the role of …

This study draws on data from numerous sources that support the paradigm of natural
hybridization as an important evolutionary process. The review of these data results in a …

The role of hybridization in evolution is a theme that has been intensively and sometimes
controversially debated, particularly amongst zoologists. Long time considered 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 …