Naturally occurring hybrids of coral reef butterflyfishes have similar fitness compared to parental species.

Hybridisation can produce evolutionary novelty by increasing fitness and adaptive capacity. Heterosis, or hybrid vigour, has been documented in many plant and animal taxa, and is a notable consequence of hybridisation that has been exploited for decades in agriculture and aquaculture. On the contrar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Montanari, S., Hobbs, Jean-Paul, Pratchett, M., Bay, L., van Herwerden, L.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Public Library of Science 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51367