Hybridization and Back-Crossing in Giant Petrels (Macronectes giganteus and M. halli) at Bird Island, South Georgia, and a Summary of Hybridization in Seabirds

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Brown, Ruth M., Techow, N. M. S. Mareile, Wood, Andrew G., Phillips, Richard A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2015
• Subjects: Bird Island; Giganteus; Giant Petrel; Giant Petrels; Macronectes giganteus
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/510623/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/510623/1/Phillips.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121688

Hybridization in natural populations provides an opportunity to study the evolutionary processes that shape divergence and genetic isolation of species. The emergence of pre-mating barriers is often the precursor to complete reproductive isolation. However, in recently diverged species, pre-mating b...