Extensive nuclear introgression accompanied ancient mitochondrial capture in the common ancestor of two sister hare species
José Costa, João Pedro Marques, Liliana Farelo, Edenise Andrade da Silva, Sofia Granja Martins, Angela Trentacoste, Greger Larson, Joel M. Alves, João Queirós, Paulo C. Alves, Pierre Boursot, José Melo‐Ferreira
The paper quantifies and localizes nuclear introgression in two hare species by combining demographic, phylogenomic, and polarisation-based methods, revealing extensive gene flow from mountain hare.
bioRxiv · Sep 17, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology