It is free-ranging and subject to natural selection factors such as predation and competition, while representing a large source of unique genetic variation, with no evidence of
introgression from domestic cattle.
haematobium-bovis hybrids on the Mediterranean island of Corsica (4) demonstrates the public health impact of such genetic
introgression.
This finding would explain that the hybrid found this summer in the caves of Denisova -- the offspring of a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father -- was not an isolated case, but rather was part of a more general
introgression process.
Gene flow from taurine cattle into Asian zebu populations has been suggested as an unusual pattern of
introgression (Namikawa 1981; Namikawa et al., 1984, 1995; Amano et al., 1994; Kawamoto et al., 1992; Tu et al., 2000; Kikkawa et al., 2003; Cai et al., 2007, 2010).
Being the major entry point of cattle to Africa, the genetic landscape of the current cattle populations in Ethiopia could have been shaped by several introductions of zebu cattle and
introgression of the taurine from the Near-East [7].
1998, Mallet 2005, Descimon and Mallet 2009), and even limited fertility provides the possibility for
introgression that can have important consequences for species interactions.
Moreover, the feral
introgression of the cultured into the wild as a result of escapee fishes has a great tendency of eroding the genetic diversity of the wild, especially if the genetic composition of the cultured population had not been properly managed [16].
group edulis members have been put aside, and most research focus on describing the distribution of different forms, hybridization and
introgression, and mechanisms maintaining the integrity of species despite hybridization.
A risk assessment of Atlantic salmon indicates that many locations in Norway are at moderate or high risk of genetic
introgression from farmed salmon (Taranger et al., 2015).
Controversy has surrounded the setting of appropriate conservation policies to deal with hybridisation and
introgression (genetic admixture resulting from backcrossing with one of the parent species).