Speciation with gene flow in the large white-headed gulls: Does selection counterbalance introgression?

Heredity

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-146

  Gay, L ^a,e   Neubauer, G ^b   Zagalska Neubauer, M ^b   Pons, J M ^c   Bell, D A ^d   Crochet, P A ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drift; FST; Larus; Microsatellites; PST; Phenotypic divergence; QST; Selection

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

DIVERGENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; INTROGRESSION; PHENOTYPE; PLUMAGE; SEABIRD; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; COLOR; EUROPE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; NORTH AMERICA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMAL POPULATION GROUPS; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; COLOR; EUROPE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NORTH AMERICA; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

LARUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS CACHINNANS; LARUS GLAUCESCENS; LARUS OCCIDENTALIS; PIERIS BRASSICAE;

EID: 58549121122     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2008.99     Document Type: Article

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