A Tight balance between natural selection and gene flow in a Southern African arid-zone endemic bird

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3499-3514

  Ribeiro, Ângela M ^a,b   Lloyd, Penn ^b   Bowie, Rauri C K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climatic envelope; Morphology; MtDNA OXPHOS genes; Neutral loci; Passeriformes

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; WATER;

ANTAGONISM; ARID REGION; BODY SIZE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY SIZE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY SIZE; GENE FLOW; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; WATER;

AFRICA;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 82755197942     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01397.x     Document Type: Article

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