The paradoxical spread of a new Y chromosome - a novel explanation.

Journal article

Hybrid zones provide one of the more prickly challenges to the cherished biological species concept, which is based on reproductive isolation between species, because some hybrid zones occur in areas where recognised species come together and mate to produce viable progeny. By contrast, hybrid zones have repeatedly provided outstanding material for the study of evolution: they allow us to study ecological and genomic differences between recently diverged taxa; and they bring into sharp focus ...

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Authors: Pannell, J; Pujol, B

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Trends in ecology and evolution
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 59-63
• Publication date: 2009-02-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.09.013
• EISSN: 1872-8383
• ISSN: 0169-5347
• Language: English
• Keywords: Y Chromosome; Animals; Sex Determination Processes; Sexual Behavior, Animal; Female; Male; Hybridization, Genetic; Evolution, Molecular; Sex Chromosomes