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Hybrid zone is a very critical concept within the evolutionary biology, because it would offer us a better insight to understand the evolutionary role of gene flow and hybridization based on the cline model. This minireview presents an expatiation of history perspectives and research developments upon basic concepts including hybrid zones, hybridization, hybrid and its the genetic cline model. Moreover, by figuring out the existing problem around the hybrids within conservative theory and practices, it suggests that the theory of hybrid zone be introduced into conservation biology and it would be provide a broader and more open theoretical background for conservative research and practices.
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Biography: ZHENG Dong (1972-), male, PhD, Lecturer in Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 15004, P.R. China.
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Dong, Z., Xue-dong, L. & Jian-zhang, M. Hybrid zone and its genetic analysis: implication for conservation. Journal of Forestry Research 14, 167–170 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02856787
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