Hybrid speciation and ghost ancestry shape the Anopheles gambiae species complex
Yang Yang, Xiao‐Xu Pang, Wei‐Ning Bai, Bo-Wen Zhang, Da‐Yong Zhang
The paper investigates hybrid speciation in the Anopheles gambiae complex, identifying reticulation events and ghost lineages that contributed to the origin of A. merus.
bioRxiv · Aug 20, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology