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Hybridization in geese: a review

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Zoology, May 2016
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Title
Hybridization in geese: a review
Published in
Frontiers in Zoology, May 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12983-016-0153-1
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Jente Ottenburghs, Pim van Hooft, Sipke E. van Wieren, Ronald C. Ydenberg, Herbert H. T. Prins

Abstract

The high incidence of hybridization in waterfowl (ducks, geese and swans) makes this bird group an excellent study system to answer questions related to the evolution and maintenance of species boundaries. However, knowledge on waterfowl hybridization is biased towards ducks, with a large knowledge gap in geese. In this review, we assemble the available information on hybrid geese by focusing on three main themes: (1) incidence and frequency, (2) behavioural mechanisms leading to hybridization, and (3) hybrid fertility. Hybridization in geese is common on a species-level, but rare on a per-individual level. An overview of the different behavioural mechanisms indicates that forced extra-pair copulations and interspecific nest parasisitm can both lead to hybridization. Other sources of hybrids include hybridization in captivity and vagrant geese, which may both lead to a scarcity of conspecifics. The different mechanisms are not mutually exclusive and it is currently not possible to discriminate between the different mechanisms without quantitative data. Most hybrid geese are fertile; only in crosses between distantly related species do female hybrids become sterile. This fertility pattern, which is in line with Haldane's Rule, may facilitate interspecific gene flow between closely related species. The knowledge on hybrid geese should be used, in combination with the information available on hybridization in ducks, to study the process of avian speciation.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 1 2%
Unknown 51 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 25%
Student > Bachelor 8 15%
Other 5 10%
Student > Master 4 8%
Researcher 4 8%
Other 8 15%
Unknown 10 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 23 44%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 10 19%
Environmental Science 2 4%
Social Sciences 2 4%
Mathematics 1 2%
Other 1 2%
Unknown 13 25%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 40. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 February 2024.
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