Genetic evidence for the effect of a postglacial population expansion on the phylogeography of a North American songbird

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1447, 2000, Pages 1033-1040

  Milá, Borja ^a   Girman, Derek J ^a   Kimura, Mari ^a   Smith, Thomas B ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; MacGillivray's warbler; Phylogeography; Pleistocene; Songbirds; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; EXPANSION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POSTGLACIAL; SONGBIRD;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BREEDING; GENE; HAPLOTYPE; MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; NEARCTIC; OPORORNIS TOLMIEI; PASSERI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034701928     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1107     Document Type: Article

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