Evolutionary BiologyMolecular Biology and EvolutionPeer-reviewed
Ambrosia beetle invasions are structured by inbreeding, intraspecific hybridisation, and bridgeheads
Thomas L. Schmidt, Anandi Bierman, Elizabeth J. Huisamen…·Ary A. Hoffmann
The paper analyzes genomic data from ambrosia beetles to show that invasive populations experience inbreeding, hybridization, and genetic bottlenecks, with outbreeding helping purge deleterious mutations.
DOI 10.1093/molbev/msag231