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Question 1. summarize the most important conclusion from the research study below and formulate a likely hypothesis for this research study

Question 2. Discuss at least one broader implication of this research that was not described in the article. In other words, how do you believe these research findings may impact society, the environment, health, or the world

Question 3. How do you think this research study relates to BIOL 103 topic on recent evolution research?

Case Study: Scientists have long suspected two species of sea stars -- commonly referred to as starfish -- along rocky European and North American coastlines of crossbreeding in the cool waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Now, according to recently analyzed genomic data, hybrid starfish are living and thriving, from the shores of New England to the Canadian Maritimes.

A new study, published in the journal Molecular Ecology, presents genomic evidence of hybridization between two closely related species of sea stars- Asterias rubens,the common starfish, and Asterias forbesi, known as Forbes' sea star.

"It is the first genome-wide evidence of extensive hybridization in an ecologically important coastal species," said corresponding authorMelina Giakoumis, who is a Ph.D. candidate with the Graduate Center's Biology program and associate director of the Institute for Comparative Genomics at the American Museum of Natural History.