Hybrid origin of Audubon's warbler

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2380-2389

  Brelsford, Alan ^a,d   Milá, Borja ^b   Irwin, Darren E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dendroica auduboni; Dendroica coronata; Dendroica goldmani; Dendroica nigrifrons; hybrid speciation; hybrid zone; mitochondrial capture

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SONGBIRD;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SONGBIRDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DENDROICA; DENDROICA CORONATA;

EID: 79956373603     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05055.x     Document Type: Article

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