Genetic variation and seasonal migratory connectivity in Wilson's warblers (Wilsonia pusilla): Species-level differences in nuclear DNA between western and eastern populations

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3102-3115

  Irwin, Darren E ^a,b   Irwin, Jessica H ^a,b   Smith, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AFLP; Aves; cryptic species; migratory connectivity; Parulidae; speciation

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; EMBERIZINAE; WILSONIA PUSILLA;

EID: 79960639743     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05159.x     Document Type: Article

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