Hybridization between species has been crucial to the survival of Europe’s most threatened seabird (IMAGE)

University of Barcelona

Hybridization between species has been crucial to the survival of Europe’s most threatened seabird

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A study led by the University of Barcelona reveals the evolutionary importance of hybridization episodes between the Mediterranean shearwater and the Balearic shearwater, Europe’s most threatened seabird and a critically endangered species. From left to right, experts Cristian Cuevas-Caballé, Julio Rozas, Joan Ferrer Obiol and Marta Riutort.

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UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA

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