Hybrids and Hybrid Zones: Historical Perspective

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>In most groups of animals, diversification over time is portrayed as a series of dichotomous branching events, suggesting that reticulate evolution (hybridization) occurs rarely. This view has been espoused by most evolutionary biologists. According to Mayr (1963), “the evolutionary importance of hybridization seems small in the better known groups of animals.”</jats:p>

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