Random interbreeding between cryptic lineages of the Common Raven: Evidence for speciation in reverse

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2390-2402

  Webb, William C ^a,c   Marzluff, John M ^a   Omland, Kevin E ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Common Raven; Corvus corax; cryptic species; despeciation; speciation in reverse

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROW; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; INBREEDING; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AGING; ANIMALS; CROWS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; INBREEDING; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CORVUS CORAX;

EID: 79956368741     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05095.x     Document Type: Article

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