Rapid hybrid speciation in Darwin’s finches
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Rapid hybrid speciation in Darwin's finches: Galapagos finches have driven hypotheses of how speciation occurs. Most commonly, it is assumed that natural selection separates species originating from a single population on the basis of variation in traits that confer advantages for survival and reproduction. Lamichhaney et al. document a case where cross-species hybridization established a reproductively isolated lineage, which demonstrates a process known as homoploid hybrid speciation in action (see the Perspective by Wagner). The authors used genetic markers and phenotypic analyses to create a pedigree that revealed how a cross-island migrant bred with a native species to form a self-perpetuating hybrid population that was reproductively isolated from both parental species. Science , this issue p. 224 ; see also p. 157
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- Authors
- Lamichhaney, S., Han, F., Webster, M. T., Andersson, L., Grant, B. R., & Grant, P. R.
- Affiliations
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
- Princeton University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Andersson, Leif
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2018-01-12
- Volume
- 359
- Issue
- 6372
- Pages
- 224-228
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2770923940
- Cited by
- 440
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 65 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 70 · 2020: 57 · 2019: 56 · 2018: 52 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 30.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation
- NSF
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Keywords
- hybrid speciation, homoploid hybrid speciation, Darwin's finches, Galapagos finches, interspecific hybridization, reproductive isolation, hybrid lineages, speciation mechanisms
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Beak, Breeding, Ecuador, Female, Homozygote, Hybridization, Genetic, Male, Phylogeny, Selection, Genetic, Time Factors, Ecosystem, Finches, Genetic Speciation, Reproductive Isolation
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