Hybrid future? Interbreeding can make heat-averse species more resilient to climate change
- Written by: Luciano Beheregaray, Matthew Flinders Professor of Biodiversity Genomics, Flinders University
ShutterstockAs the climate heats up rapidly, many species will struggle to avoid extinction. If they had time, they could evolve to the new environmental conditions. But they don’t. That’s where hybridisation could help. When related species interbreed, the flow of new genetic diversity could help them adapt to warmer environments.
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