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What does introgressive mean?

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  1. (genetics) Producing introgression.
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But hybrid zones imply much more through introgressive hybridization where hybrids backcross with parental species.
Incongruence among data sets can arise from various biological processes, including introgressive hybridization, recombination, and gene conversion.
It is possible that the inland plants Hodgdon called variety typica represent introgressive hybrids between L. pulchella and L. intermedia.
Limited realized dispersal and introgressive hybridization influence genetic structure and conservation strategies for brown rockfish Sebastes auriculatus.
This area sympatry comprises a limited zone of introgressive hybridisation in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Laurentian Channel and Flemish Cap.
For instance, introgressive events, even when rare, may be more important than mutations as a source of novel genetic variability within taxa.

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