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Genome-wide evidence for a hybrid origin of modern polar bears
Tianying Lan, Jade Cheng, Aakrosh Ratan…·Charlotte Lindqvist
The paper uses genomic data to show that polar bears originated from a hybridization event with brown bears, challenging the previous view of unidirectional gene flow.
DOI 10.1101/047498