Hybridization in birds-of-paradise: Widespread ancestral gene flow despite strong sexual selection in a lek-mating system

Summary: Sexual selection can directly contribute to reproductive isolation and is an important mechanism that can lead to speciation. Lek-mating is one of the most extreme forms of sexual selection, but surprisingly does not seem to preclude occasional hybridization in nature. However, hybridizatio...

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Published in:	iScience
Main Authors:	Mozes P.K. Blom, Valentina Peona, Stefan Prost, Les Christidis, Brett W. Benz, Knud A. Jønsson, Alexander Suh, Martin Irestedt
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2024-07-01
Subjects:	Ornithology Evolutionary biology Evolutionary processes Phylogenetics Genomic analysis
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224015256