Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Selection maintains genetic coupling of functional trait trade-offs despite gene flow in an oak hybrid zone.
Ryosuke K. Ito, Kaede Konrai, Kurita Omura…·Yuji Isagi
The paper investigates whether selection maintains genetic variation for resource allocation trade-offs in an oak hybrid zone despite gene flow, finding that multilocus selection counteracts gene flow through genetic coupling.
DOI 10.64898/2026.05.18.725696