HENRY

Hybridisation is finally getting the attention it deserves, and there’s a nice article by James Owen in National Geographic about it:

Recent research indicates that hybridization is not only widespread in nature but it might also spawn many more new species than previously thought. A growing number of studies has been presented as evidence that two animal species can combine to produce a third, sexually viable species in a process known as hybrid speciation. Newly identified examples include both insects and fish.

Posted on March 16th, 2007 by Simon Greenhill