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Rape and the prevalence of hybrids in broadly sympatric species: a case study using albatrosses

Conspecific rape often increases male reproductive success. However, the haste and aggression of forced copulations suggests that males may sometimes rape heterospecific females, thus making rape a likely, but undocumented, source of hybrids between broadly sympatric species. We present evidence tha...

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Autores principales: Rohwer, Sievert, Harris, Rebecca B., Walsh, Hollie E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4060039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24949232
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.409