A 2000 km genetic wake yields evidence for northern glacial refugia and hybrid zone movement in a pair of songbirds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1657, 2009, Pages 615-621

  Krosby, Meade ^a   Rohwer, Sievert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic wake; Glacial refugia; Hybrid zone; Selective sweep

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; HYBRID ZONE; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MOVEMENT; REFUGIUM; SONGBIRD;

DENDROICA OCCIDENTALIS; DENDROICA TOWNSENDI;

EID: 58249103908     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1310     Document Type: Article

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