Steep clines within a highly permeable genome across a hybrid zone between two subspecies of the European rabbit

• Published in: Molecular ecology Vol. 22; no. 9; pp. 2511 - 2525
• Main Authors: Carneiro, Miguel, Baird, Stuart J. E, Afonso, Sandra, Ramirez, Esther, Tarroso, Pedro, Teotónio, Henrique, Villafuerte, Rafael, Nachman, Michael W, Ferrand, Nuno
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2013; Blackwell
• Subjects: Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Biological evolution; Classical genetics, quantitative genetics, hybrids; cline theory; DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics; Europe; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene Flow; Gene Frequency; Genetic Loci; Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution; Genome; Genomics; Genotype; hybrid zone; Hybridization, Genetic; hybrids; introgression; Linkage Disequilibrium; loci; Male; mitochondrial DNA; Models, Genetic; Molecular Sequence Data; nucleotide sequences; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Population genetics; Population genetics, reproduction patterns; Rabbits; Rabbits - genetics; reproductive isolation; sex chromosomes; Species Specificity; X Chromosome - genetics; Y Chromosome - genetics; Europe; Hybrid zone; cline theory; Reproductive isolation; Theory; Sex chromosome; Lagomorpha; sex chromosomes; Population genetics; Vertebrata; Gene flow; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Mammalia; Genome

Maintenance of genetic distinction in the face of gene flow is an important aspect of the speciation process. Here, we provide a detailed spatial and genetic characterization of a hybrid zone between two subspecies of the European rabbit. We examined patterns of allele frequency change for 22 marker...