Genome evolution is surprisingly predictable after initial hybridization
Q. K. Langdon, J. S. Groh, S. Aguillon, D. L. Powell, T. R. Gunn, C. Y. Payne, J. J. Baczenas, A. Donny, T. O. Dodge, K. Du, M. Schartl, O. Rios-Cardenas, C. Gutierrez-Rodriguez, M. Morris, M. Schumer
The paper shows that local ancestry in hybrid swordtail fish populations is repeatable due to strong early selection, and this repeatability increases with deeper evolutionary divergence.
bioRxiv · Dec 21, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology