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Based on how quickly the lice reproduce and accumulate the genetic mutations that lead to microsatellites, the researchers could estimate when the lice of Indigenous Americans might have hybridized with European lice.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 7, 2023

Since their introduction, the red and black fire ants have hybridized into a new ant, unique to North America, that shows signs of speciation.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

In the Cayman Islands, researchers have confirmed with DNA evidence that green iguanas have hybridized with native iguanas.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2017

Polar bears and grizzlies appear to have hybridized before.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2014

No doubt some of them reached Europe, and some of them may have hybridized with the Persian, and I think really that's the answer.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association