期刊
HEREDITY
卷 108, 期 3, 页码 159-166出版社
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2011.65
关键词
natural hybridization; habitat selection; hybrid fitness
资金
- National Science Foundation
- NSF with NH Martin of Texas State University [DEB-0949479/0949424]
- [DEB-1049757]
- Division Of Environmental Biology
- Direct For Biological Sciences [0949479] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Environmental Biology
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1049757] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Estimates of hybrid fitness have been used as either a platform for testing the potential role of natural hybridization in the evolution of species and species complexes or, alternatively, as a rationale for dismissing hybridization events as being of any evolutionary significance. From the time of Darwin's publication of The Origin, through the neo-Darwinian synthesis, to the present day, the observation of variability in hybrid fitness has remained a challenge for some models of speciation. Yet, Darwin and others have reported the elevated fitness of hybrid genotypes under certain environmental conditions. In modern scientific terminology, this observation reflects the fact that hybrid genotypes can demonstrate genotype x environment interactions. In the current review, we illustrate the development of one plant species complex, namely the Louisiana Irises, into a 'model system' for investigating hybrid fitness and the role of genetic exchange in adaptive evolution and diversification. In particular, we will argue that a multitude of approaches, involving both experimental and natural environments, and incorporating both manipulative analyses and surveys of natural populations, are necessary to adequately test for the evolutionary significance of introgressive hybridization. An appreciation of the variability of hybrid fitness leads to the conclusion that certain genetic signatures reflect adaptive evolution. Furthermore, tests of the frequency of allopatric versus sympatric/parapatric divergence (that is, divergence with ongoing gene flow) support hybrid genotypes as a mechanism of evolutionary diversification in numerous species complexes. Heredity (2012) 108, 159-166; doi:10.1038/hdy.2011.65; published online 27 July 2011
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