Hybridization provides climate resilience

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Hybridization provides climate resilience

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 30 January 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01586-0

Hybrid populations have long been perceived as a threat to distinct lineages and undervalued from a conservation perspective. Now, research suggests that hybrid populations may harbour gene combinations that improve their ability to cope with changing climate conditions.

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