The Hidden Side of Invasions: Massive Introgression by Local Genes

@inproceedings{Currat2008TheHS,
  title={The Hidden Side of Invasions: Massive Introgression by Local Genes},
  author={Mathias Currat and Manuel Ruedi and R{\'e}my J. Petit and Laurent Excoffier},
  booktitle={Evolution; international journal of organic evolution},
  year={2008}
}
Abstract Despite hundreds of reports involving both plants and animals, the mechanisms underlying introgression remain obscure, even if some form of selection is frequently invoked. Introgression has repeatedly been reported in species that have recently colonized a new habitat, suggesting that demographic processes should be given more attention for understanding the mechanisms of introgression. Here we show by spatially explicit simulations that massive introgression of neutral genes takes… 
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