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Nearly Half of Wolves in Italy Are Now Part Dog

Wolf-dog hybrids are growing more abundant in Italy, raising concerns about the future of the country’s wolves. Between…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #hybridization #LuigiBoitani #northernItaly #PaoloCiucci #RitaLorenzini #southernItaly #southernregions #wolf-doghybrid #Wolf-doghybrids
https://www.europesays.com/italy/11647/

My newest #Prelights article highlights a #preprint by B. R. Baisla et al. (2025) and their search for morphological #prezygotic #barriers to reduce #hybridization among the species complex of #Nasonia, #parasitoid wasps. Male genital morphology apparently does not prevent hybridization, pre-mating #barriers are still unknown.
©#StefanFWirth 2026

Reference

Prelights article by Stefan F. Wirth:
https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/morphological-variations-in-external-genitalia-do-not-explain-the-interspecific-reproductive-isolation-in-nasonia-species-complex-hymenoptera-pteromalidae/

Pics
1) public domain, M.E.Clark, 2006,
2) ©S.F.Wirth, AI illustration

My newest #Prelights article highlights a #preprint by B. R. Baisla et al. (2025) and their search for morphological #prezygotic #barriers to reduce #hybridization among the species complex of #Nasonia, #parasitoid wasps. Male genital morphology apparently does not prevent hybridization, pre-mating #barriers are still unknown.
©#StefanFWirth 2026

Reference

Prelights article by Stefan F. Wirth:
https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/morphological-variations-in-external-genitalia-do-not-explain-the-interspecific-reproductive-isolation-in-nasonia-species-complex-hymenoptera-pteromalidae/

Pics
1) public domain, M.E.Clark, 2006,
2) ©S.F.Wirth, AI illustration

My newest #Prelights article highlights a #preprint by B. R. Baisla et al. (2025) and their search for morphological #prezygotic #barriers to reduce #hybridization among the species complex of #Nasonia, #parasitoid wasps. Male genital morphology apparently does not prevent hybridization, pre-mating #barriers are still unknown.
©#StefanFWirth 2026

Reference

Prelights article by Stefan F. Wirth:
https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/morphological-variations-in-external-genitalia-do-not-explain-the-interspecific-reproductive-isolation-in-nasonia-species-complex-hymenoptera-pteromalidae/

Pics
1) public domain, M.E.Clark, 2006,
2) ©S.F.Wirth, AI illustration

My newest #Prelights article highlights a #preprint by B. R. Baisla et al. (2025) and their search for morphological #prezygotic #barriers to reduce #hybridization among the species complex of #Nasonia, #parasitoid wasps. Male genital morphology apparently does not prevent hybridization, pre-mating #barriers are still unknown.
©#StefanFWirth 2026

Reference

Prelights article by Stefan F. Wirth:
https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/morphological-variations-in-external-genitalia-do-not-explain-the-interspecific-reproductive-isolation-in-nasonia-species-complex-hymenoptera-pteromalidae/

Pics
1) public domain, M.E.Clark, 2006,
2) ©S.F.Wirth, AI illustration

My newest #Prelights article highlights a #preprint by B. R. Baisla et al. (2025) and their search for morphological #prezygotic #barriers to reduce #hybridization among the species complex of #Nasonia, #parasitoid wasps. Male genital morphology apparently does not prevent hybridization, pre-mating #barriers are still unknown.
©#StefanFWirth 2026

Reference

Prelights article by Stefan F. Wirth:
https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/morphological-variations-in-external-genitalia-do-not-explain-the-interspecific-reproductive-isolation-in-nasonia-species-complex-hymenoptera-pteromalidae/

Pics
1) public domain, M.E.Clark, 2006,
2) ©S.F.Wirth, AI illustration

So it should be noted that a new definition is needed — NeanderthaL is asking for it.
and

And not only him: consider the rare cases of fertile mules, rare but not conceptually marginal.

In the published document an extreme case is mentioned: an unicorn.
Suppose it is born among horses — could donkeys inherit it too?
And zebras?

What do you think?
#genetics #chromosome #hybridization #species #neanderthal

So it should be noted that a new definition is needed — NeanderthaL is asking for it.
and

And not only him: consider the rare cases of fertile mules, rare but not conceptually marginal.

In the published document an extreme case is mentioned: an unicorn.
Suppose it is born among horses — could donkeys inherit it too?
And zebras?

What do you think?
#genetics #chromosome #hybridization #species #neanderthal

So it should be noted that a new definition is needed — NeanderthaL is asking for it.
and

And not only him: consider the rare cases of fertile mules, rare but not conceptually marginal.

In the published document an extreme case is mentioned: an unicorn.
Suppose it is born among horses — could donkeys inherit it too?
And zebras?

What do you think?
#genetics #chromosome #hybridization #species #neanderthal

So it should be noted that a new definition is needed — NeanderthaL is asking for it.
and

And not only him: consider the rare cases of fertile mules, rare but not conceptually marginal.

In the published document an extreme case is mentioned: an unicorn.
Suppose it is born among horses — could donkeys inherit it too?
And zebras?

What do you think?
#genetics #chromosome #hybridization #species #neanderthal

So it should be noted that a new definition is needed — NeanderthaL is asking for it.
and

And not only him: consider the rare cases of fertile mules, rare but not conceptually marginal.

In the published document an extreme case is mentioned: an unicorn.
Suppose it is born among horses — could donkeys inherit it too?
And zebras?

What do you think?
#genetics #chromosome #hybridization #species #neanderthal

https://www.europesays.com/ie/160285/ Phylogenetic relationships and divergent evolution in Pueraria sensu stricto (Fabaceae) based on plastid genomes and nrITS sequences | BMC Plant Biology #Agriculture #ComparativeAnalysis #Éire #GeneIntrogression #hybridization #IE #IncompleteLineageSorting #Ireland #NuclearRibosomalDNA #PlantSciences #Plastome #Pueraria #Science #TreeBiology

‘This is the first genetic case’

Rebounding wolf populations have been one of Greece’s most significant conservation accomplishments in recent years. However, the rising…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Callisto #domesticdogs #Eurasianwolf #greece #Hybridization #Science #wolfpopulation #wolfpopulations #wolf-doghybrids
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/258549/

‘This is the first genetic case’

Rebounding wolf populations have been one of Greece’s most significant conservation accomplishments in recent years. However, the rising…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Callisto #domesticdogs #Eurasianwolf #greece #Hybridization #Science #wolfpopulation #wolfpopulations #wolf-doghybrids
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/258549/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/151325/ ‘This is the first genetic case’ #Callisto #DomesticDogs #Éire #EurasianWolf #Greece #hybridization #IE #Ireland #Science #Wildlife #WolfPopulation #WolfPopulations #WolfDogHybrids

No evidence of transposable element bursts in the Galápagos Scalesia adaptive radiation despite hybridization, diversification and ecological niche shifts.

#Transposons #TEburst #AdaptiveRadiation #Diversification #Hybridization #Scalesia #PlantScience

https://mobilednajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13100-025-00362-z

No evidence of transposable element bursts in the Galápagos Scalesia adaptive radiation despite hybridization, diversification and ecological niche shifts.

#Transposons #TEburst #AdaptiveRadiation #Diversification #Hybridization #Scalesia #PlantScience

https://mobilednajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13100-025-00362-z

No evidence of transposable element bursts in the Galápagos Scalesia adaptive radiation despite hybridization, diversification and ecological niche shifts.

#Transposons #TEburst #AdaptiveRadiation #Diversification #Hybridization #Scalesia #PlantScience

https://mobilednajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13100-025-00362-z

No evidence of transposable element bursts in the Galápagos Scalesia adaptive radiation despite hybridization, diversification and ecological niche shifts.

#Transposons #TEburst #AdaptiveRadiation #Diversification #Hybridization #Scalesia #PlantScience

https://mobilednajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13100-025-00362-z

No evidence of transposable element bursts in the Galápagos Scalesia adaptive radiation despite hybridization, diversification and ecological niche shifts.

#Transposons #TEburst #AdaptiveRadiation #Diversification #Hybridization #Scalesia #PlantScience

https://mobilednajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13100-025-00362-z

https://www.europesays.com/uk/232476/ Experts issue warning after tiny creatures breed to form hybrid species — here’s why it could become a serious problem #BooroolongFrog #ConservationEfforts #EndangeredSpecies #frog #GeneticTesting #GracieLiu #hybridization #InvasiveSpecies #JodiRowley #researchers #Science #ThreatenedSpecies #UK #UnitedKingdom #wildlife

Against my better judgement I ordered a tayberry, a hybrid of blackberry and raspberry created in 1979 near the Tay River in Scotland. Tried an ice cream with this flavor a few years ago and it tasted exactly like Pepto-Bismol. Giving it a second chance. #tayberry #berries #fruit #garden #gardening #rubus #blackberry #raspberry #hybridization

Against my better judgement I ordered a tayberry, a hybrid of blackberry and raspberry created in 1979 near the Tay River in Scotland. Tried an ice cream with this flavor a few years ago and it tasted exactly like Pepto-Bismol. Giving it a second chance. #tayberry #berries #fruit #garden #gardening #rubus #blackberry #raspberry #hybridization

Against my better judgement I ordered a tayberry, a hybrid of blackberry and raspberry created in 1979 near the Tay River in Scotland. Tried an ice cream with this flavor a few years ago and it tasted exactly like Pepto-Bismol. Giving it a second chance. #tayberry #berries #fruit #garden #gardening #rubus #blackberry #raspberry #hybridization

Against my better judgement I ordered a tayberry, a hybrid of blackberry and raspberry created in 1979 near the Tay River in Scotland. Tried an ice cream with this flavor a few years ago and it tasted exactly like Pepto-Bismol. Giving it a second chance. #tayberry #berries #fruit #garden #gardening #rubus #blackberry #raspberry #hybridization

Against my better judgement I ordered a tayberry, a hybrid of blackberry and raspberry created in 1979 near the Tay River in Scotland. Tried an ice cream with this flavor a few years ago and it tasted exactly like Pepto-Bismol. Giving it a second chance. #tayberry #berries #fruit #garden #gardening #rubus #blackberry #raspberry #hybridization

Shao et al. investigate hybrid incompatibilities in Caenorhabditis species, finding that F1 female hybrids show dominant C. nigoni haplotype expression. Mitochondrial expression patterns suggest nuclear–cytoplasmic incompatibility.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf098

#genome #hybridization

Shao et al. investigate hybrid incompatibilities in Caenorhabditis species, finding that F1 female hybrids show dominant C. nigoni haplotype expression. Mitochondrial expression patterns suggest nuclear–cytoplasmic incompatibility.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf098

#genome #hybridization

Shao et al. investigate hybrid incompatibilities in Caenorhabditis species, finding that F1 female hybrids show dominant C. nigoni haplotype expression. Mitochondrial expression patterns suggest nuclear–cytoplasmic incompatibility.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf098

#genome #hybridization

Shao et al. investigate hybrid incompatibilities in Caenorhabditis species, finding that F1 female hybrids show dominant C. nigoni haplotype expression. Mitochondrial expression patterns suggest nuclear–cytoplasmic incompatibility.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf098

#genome #hybridization

Shao et al. investigate hybrid incompatibilities in Caenorhabditis species, finding that F1 female hybrids show dominant C. nigoni haplotype expression. Mitochondrial expression patterns suggest nuclear–cytoplasmic incompatibility.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf098

#genome #hybridization

An unusual pairing of geese draws a gaggle of Portland-area birders.
https://www.knkx.org/environment/2025-05-30/an-unusual-pairing-of-geese-draws-a-gaggle-of-portland-area-birders
#GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose #CanadaGoose #hybridization #Birds #Science #PortlandOR

An unusual pairing of geese draws a gaggle of Portland-area birders.
https://www.knkx.org/environment/2025-05-30/an-unusual-pairing-of-geese-draws-a-gaggle-of-portland-area-birders
#GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose #CanadaGoose #hybridization #Birds #Science #PortlandOR

An unusual pairing of geese draws a gaggle of Portland-area birders.
https://www.knkx.org/environment/2025-05-30/an-unusual-pairing-of-geese-draws-a-gaggle-of-portland-area-birders
#GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose #CanadaGoose #hybridization #Birds #Science #PortlandOR

An unusual pairing of geese draws a gaggle of Portland-area birders.
https://www.knkx.org/environment/2025-05-30/an-unusual-pairing-of-geese-draws-a-gaggle-of-portland-area-birders
#GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose #CanadaGoose #hybridization #Birds #Science #PortlandOR

An unusual pairing of geese draws a gaggle of Portland-area birders.
https://www.knkx.org/environment/2025-05-30/an-unusual-pairing-of-geese-draws-a-gaggle-of-portland-area-birders
#GreaterWhiteFrontedGoose #CanadaGoose #hybridization #Birds #Science #PortlandOR

New mask technology balances protection and comfort effectively https://www.byteseu.com/1033014/ #COVID19 #Hybridization #Nanoparticle #Nanoparticles #Pandemic #Research #Technology

(06 Apr) World’s ‘Loneliest Whale’ Might Be a Sterile Hybrid—and a Dire Warning

A mysterious whale that has puzzled scientists for decades may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing beneath the waves.

https://s.faithcollapsing.com/0godz
Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/3s39M ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/jpoy3

#climate-change #hybridization #whale-52 #whales

(06 Apr) World’s ‘Loneliest Whale’ Might Be a Sterile Hybrid—and a Dire Warning

A mysterious whale that has puzzled scientists for decades may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing beneath the waves.

https://s.faithcollapsing.com/0godz
Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/3s39M ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/jpoy3

#climate-change #hybridization #whale-52 #whales

(06 Apr) World’s ‘Loneliest Whale’ Might Be a Sterile Hybrid—and a Dire Warning

A mysterious whale that has puzzled scientists for decades may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing beneath the waves.

https://s.faithcollapsing.com/0godz
Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/3s39M ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/jpoy3

#climate-change #hybridization #whale-52 #whales

(06 Apr) World’s ‘Loneliest Whale’ Might Be a Sterile Hybrid—and a Dire Warning

A mysterious whale that has puzzled scientists for decades may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing beneath the waves.

https://s.faithcollapsing.com/0godz
Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/3s39M ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/jpoy3

#climate-change #hybridization #whale-52 #whales

(06 Apr) World’s ‘Loneliest Whale’ Might Be a Sterile Hybrid—and a Dire Warning

A mysterious whale that has puzzled scientists for decades may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing beneath the waves.

https://s.faithcollapsing.com/0godz
Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/3s39M ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/jpoy3

#climate-change #hybridization #whale-52 #whales

"Je est un Autre"
Portraits des artistes exposants hybridés
Exposition "Sangs Mêlés", Cour Mably, Bordeaux, 2013

#linogravure #linocut #gravure #parlonsgravure #bordeaux #bordeauxmaville #portrait #hybrid #hybridization #artwork #animal #animalité

Exited to see our paper on gene flow and speciation in thrushes come out in Molecular Ecology. Really fun and interesting work with Kira Delmore and @JeffDaCosta. #speciation, #geneflow, #hybridization, #birds

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.17635

Exited to see our paper on gene flow and speciation in thrushes come out in Molecular Ecology. Really fun and interesting work with Kira Delmore and @JeffDaCosta. #speciation, #geneflow, #hybridization, #birds

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.17635

Mountain chickadees songs provide real-time evidence for #Darwin's character displacement theory https://phys.org/news/2024-10-mountain-chickadees-songs-real-evidence.html

Olivia Taylor et al.: #Chickadees sing different songs in sympatry versus allopatry https://academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jeb/voae114/7816139

"closely related species with overlapping habitats tend to diverge in traits—such as appearance and call—to reduce competition or costly #hybridization between different species."

Mountain chickadees songs provide real-time evidence for #Darwin's character displacement theory https://phys.org/news/2024-10-mountain-chickadees-songs-real-evidence.html

Olivia Taylor et al.: #Chickadees sing different songs in sympatry versus allopatry https://academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jeb/voae114/7816139

"closely related species with overlapping habitats tend to diverge in traits—such as appearance and call—to reduce competition or costly #hybridization between different species."

Mountain chickadees songs provide real-time evidence for #Darwin's character displacement theory https://phys.org/news/2024-10-mountain-chickadees-songs-real-evidence.html

Olivia Taylor et al.: #Chickadees sing different songs in sympatry versus allopatry https://academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jeb/voae114/7816139

"closely related species with overlapping habitats tend to diverge in traits—such as appearance and call—to reduce competition or costly #hybridization between different species."

Mountain chickadees songs provide real-time evidence for #Darwin's character displacement theory https://phys.org/news/2024-10-mountain-chickadees-songs-real-evidence.html

Olivia Taylor et al.: #Chickadees sing different songs in sympatry versus allopatry https://academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jeb/voae114/7816139

"closely related species with overlapping habitats tend to diverge in traits—such as appearance and call—to reduce competition or costly #hybridization between different species."

Mountain chickadees songs provide real-time evidence for #Darwin's character displacement theory https://phys.org/news/2024-10-mountain-chickadees-songs-real-evidence.html

Olivia Taylor et al.: #Chickadees sing different songs in sympatry versus allopatry https://academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jeb/voae114/7816139

"closely related species with overlapping habitats tend to diverge in traits—such as appearance and call—to reduce competition or costly #hybridization between different species."