Hybridisation boosts dispersal of two contrasted ecotypes in a grass species
E. V. Curran, M. S. Scott, J. K. Olofsson, F. Nyirenda, G. Sotelo, M. E. Bianconi, S. Manzi, G. Besnard, P.-A. Christin
The paper investigates hybridisation in Alloteropsis angusta, showing it facilitates the dispersal of ecotypes across Africa by enabling nuclear genome exchange via pollen and subsequent habitat-driven allele sorting.
bioRxiv · Apr 16, 2021Evolutionary Biology