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Abstract
The role of hybridization in evolution has been debated for over a century. Recent molecular genetic studies indicate that hybridization is surprisingly frequent in natural populations, and that it may allow populations to regain traits that have been lost and possibly to replace damaged alleles with functional copies from related species.Mesh:
Year: 2009 PMID: 19211049 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN: 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834