hybrid zone

[¦hī·brəd ¦zōn]

(ecology)

A geographic zone in which two populations hybridize after the breakdown of the geographic barrier that separated them.

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musculus meet in a well-studied hybrid zone ranging across Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic and Bulgaria (Jones et al.

Distribution of Subspecies of the House Mouse, Mus musculus (Rodentia: Muridae) in East China as Inferred from Mitochondrial D-loop Sequences

In a hybrid zone the steepness of character transitions between species can inform about the strength of selective forces separating the taxa (Barton & Gale 1993).

Tests of the role of sexual selection in genitalic divergence with mutiple hybrid clines

richteri, and their application to the study of a hybrid zone.

Development of genetic markers distinguishing two invasive fire ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and their hybrids

Thus, further research on contact zones is needed to clarify which population and landscape attributes (either natural or antropogenically produced) are likely to affect the process of natural hybridization and, consequently, the persistence of hybrid zones.

Extension de la zona de contacto y probable hibridacion entre monos aulladores marrones (Alouatta guariba clamitans) y monos aulladores negros y dorados (Alouatta caraya) (Primates, Atelidae) en el sur del Brasil

Characterizing a hybrid zone in Castilleja (Orobanchaceae).

Hybridization of the San Francisco Peaks' rare endemic Packera franciscana with a lower-elevation congener: evidence from morphometric and molecular data

2004), extrinsic selection for hybrids (Flockhart and Wiebe, 2008), or a combination of both (Good et al, 2000; Gay et al, 2008); yet, few of these studies have examined more than one hybrid zone within the same species complex.

Current and historical extent of phenotypic variation in the tufted and black-crested titmouse (Paridae) hybrid zone in the southern great plains

Previously, a hybrid zone at the salinity gradient between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea was known to exist where M.

The distribution of the mussel Mytilus species along the Norwegian coast

glaucescens-occidentalis hybrid zone occurs along a transition between 2 marine ecosystems, the first characterized by fjords and estuaries and the second by the California Current and coastal upwelling (Bell 1996).

Mating patterns and breeding success in gulls of the Larus glaucescens-occidentalis complex, Protection Island, Washington, USA

The study is the first to assess genetic ancestry of primate hybrids inhabiting a natural hybrid zone using molecular data to explain morphological variation.

Monkeys Shed Light on Early Human Interbreeding

Characteristics and reproductive biology of grosbeaks (Pheucticus) in the hybrid zone in South Dakota.

Evidencia morfologica de hibridacion entre las subespecies de Ramphocelus flammigerus (Passeriformes: Thraupidae) en Colombia

galloprovincialis hybrid zone in Europe than in the M.

Production and performance of larvae and spat of pure and hybrid species of Mytilus chilensisand M. galloprovincialis from laboratory crosses/Produccion y comportamiento de larvas de especies puras e hibridas entre Mytilus chilensis y Mytilus galloprovincialis obtenidas en laboratorio

Rapid movement of a Heliconius hybrid zone evidence for phase III of wright's shifting balance theory?

Nuevo registro de Heliconius erato hydara (Hewitson, 1867) (lepidoptera: nymphalidae) en Panama

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