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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
卷 363, 期 1505, 页码 2821-2829出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0051
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adaptive radiation; allometry; imprinting; introgression; selection
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This study addresses the causes and evolutionary consequences of introgressive hybridization in the sympatric species of Darwin's ground finches ( Geospiza) on the small island of Daphne Major in the Gala ' pagos archipelago. Hybridization occurs rarely ( less than 2% of breeding pairs) but persistently across years, usually as a result of imprinting on the song of another species. Hybrids survive well under some ecological conditions, but not others. Hybrids mate according to song type. The resulting introgression increases phenotypic and genetic variation in the backcrossed populations. Effects of introgression on beak shape are determined by the underlying developmental genetic pathways. Introgressive hybridization has been widespread throughout the archipelago in the recent past, andmay have been a persistent feature throughout the early history of the radiation, episodically affecting both the speed and direction of evolution. We discuss how fission through selection and fusion through introgression in contemporary Darwin's finch populations may be a reflection of processes occurring in other young radiations. We propose that introgression has the largest effect on the evolution of interbreeding species after they have diverged in morphology, but before the point is reached when genetic incompatibilities incur a severe fitness cost.
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