Zombie Gene Flow: Asexual Hybrids Mediate Extensive Genomic Introgression from Extinct Species Into Their Sexual Parent
Jasna Vukić, Anatolie Marta, Filip Matura, Daniel Kulik, Jan Eisner, Radek Šanda, Tomáš Tichopád, Lukáš Choleva, Anabel Perdices, Jan Röslein, Ján Kočí, Spase Shumka, Denik Ulqini, Jan Kotusz, Dmitrij Dedukh, Karel Janko
The paper shows asexual hybrids mediate genomic introgression from an extinct species into their sexual parent, challenging the view of asexual lineages as evolutionary dead ends.
bioRxiv · Mar 28, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology