Cryptic diversification proceeds despite historical and contemporary hybridization in Patagonian ants
Melisa Olave, Pablo Pessacq, Jérémy Gauthier, Fabiana Cuezzo, Julia Bilat, Danielle Anjos‐Santos, Marcelo Ezequiel Pereda Gomez, Mariana M. Morando, Luciano Javier Ávila, Nadir Álvarez
The paper investigates cryptic diversification in Patagonian ants despite hybridization, finding genomic divergence and adaptation-related loci.
bioRxiv · Aug 11, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology