Hybridisation

…The project asks how far hybridisation alters chromatin distribution and DNA methylation, and how this changes gene expression and creates potentially adaptive variation. It uses a dataset of three independent lineages of the hybrid Italian sparrow (Passer italiae) and their parental species from common-garden populations. The res

…examines reproductive isolation, hybridisation, tropical diversity and elevational limits on distributions, alongside phenotypic plasticity and the practical challenges of studying speciation in the wild.