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tension zone: a standalone construct

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Evolutionary biology

a hybrid zone kept in place by a balance between dispersal into the zone and selection against hybrids rather than by environmental change.

In evolutionary biology, tension zone refers to a hybrid zone kept in place by a balance between dispersal into the zone and selection against hybrids rather than by environmental change. This meaning comes from Barton (1989) in Nature.[1]

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References

Barton, N. H., & Hewitt, G. M. (1989). Adaptation, speciation and hybrid zones. Nature, 341(6242), 497-503. https://doi.org/10.1038/341497a0

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