Hybridization during the adaptive radiation of Oxera (Lamiaceae) in New Caledonia: Is flower shape shift driven by introgression?
Ryusuke Ikeda, Ryoya Kawai, Gildas Gâteblé, Yoshihisa Suyama, Shun K. Hirota, Makoto Terauchi, Hideki Noguchi, Yuji Isagi
The paper investigates hybridization in Oxera, finding ancestral introgression from O. coriacea to O. sympatrica and its role in convergent flower shape evolution.
bioRxiv · Jun 7, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology