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Process Hybrid Reinforcement Natural Selection Strengthens Prezygotic Barriers

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Back A process in which natural selection strengthens prezygotic barriers to reproduction, thus reducing the chances of hybrid formation. Such a process is likely to occur only if hybrid offspring are less fit than members of the parent species.

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