Projektnummer

0059371

Zusammenfassung

The impact of hybridization between two species has gained a substantial gain in interest with the ability to follow the fate of single genes or alleles after crossing through genomic techniques. For example, one is now able to detect introgression of single genes in crosses between two crop cultivars or between a crop and its wild relative for optimizing commercial breeding. However, by investigating introgression between species in natural settings one has come to appreciate the enormous extent of hybridization in nature and especially its impact on adaptation and evolution. Here, it...