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Origination of a lineage through the partial merging of two ancestor lineages, leading to relationships better described by a phylogenetic network than a bifurcating tree.

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Examples for "reticulate evolution"
Examples for "reticulate evolution"
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These results indicate that phylogenetic relationships within recently duplicated human DNA can be rapidly disrupted by reticulate evolution.
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This discordance was consistent with the reticulate evolution of nuclear genes supporting the hypothesis that D. g. mendotae represents a case of homoploid hybrid speciation.
Pubmed