Hybridization facilitates evolutionary rescue.
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SUBMITTER: Stelkens RB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4275092 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Hybridization facilitates evolutionary rescue.
Stelkens Rike B RB Brockhurst Michael A MA Hurst Gregory D D GD Greig Duncan D
Evolutionary applications 20140925 10
The resilience of populations to rapid environmental degradation is a major concern for biodiversity conservation. When environments deteriorate to lethal levels, species must evolve to adapt to the new conditions to avoid extinction. Here, we test the hypothesis that evolutionary rescue may be enabled by hybridization, because hybridization increases genetic variability. Using experimental evolution, we show that interspecific hybrid populations of Saccharomyces yeast adapt to grow in more high ...[more]
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