Genetic structure, introgression, and a narrow hybrid zone between northern and California spotted owls (Strix occidentalis)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1109-1120

  Barrowclough, G F ^a   Groth, J G ^a   Mertz, L A ^a   Gutierrez R J ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Hybrid zone; Introgression; Phylogeography; Spotted owl; Strix occidentalis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; OWL; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; OREGON; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRIGIFORMES; VARIATION (GENETICS); WASHINGTON;

EID: 13844282740     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02465.x     Document Type: Article

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