Evidence of backcross inviability and mitochondrial DNA paternal leakage in sea turtle hybrids
S. Vilaca, F. Maroso, P. Lara, B. de Thoisy, D. Chevallier, L. S. Arantes, G. Bertorelle, C. Mazzoni
The paper investigates hybridization in sea turtles, finding paternal mitochondrial DNA leakage and first-generation hybrids with cytonuclear incompatibility.
bioRxiv · Oct 10, 2022Evolutionary Biology