Domestication is associated with increased interspecific hybrid compatibility in landfowl (order: Galliformes).

ABSTRACT: Some species are able to hybridize despite being exceptionally diverged. The causes of this variation in accumulation of reproductive isolation remain poorly understood, and domestication as an impetus or hindrance to reproductive isolation remains to be characterized. In this study, we investigated the role of divergence time, domestication, and mismatches in morphology, habitat, and clutch size among hybridizing species on reproductive isolation in the bird order Galliformes. We compiled and analyzed hybridization occurrences from literature and recorded measures of postzygotic reproductive isolation. We used a text-mining approach leveraging a historical aviculture magazine to quantify the degree of domestication across species. We obtained divergence time, morphology, habitat, and clut

SUBMITTER: Alfieri JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10838130 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature