Population genetics and morphological comparisons of migratory european (hirundo rustica rustica) and sedentary east-mediterranean (hirundo rustica transitiva) barn swallows

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-63

  Dor, Roi ^a,b   Safran, Rebecca J ^b   Vortman, Yoni ^c   Lotem, Arnon ^c   McGowan, Andrew ^c   Evans, Matthew R ^a   Lovette, Irby J ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Genetic differentiation; Mate choice; Phenotypic divergence; Population structure; Sexual signal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HAPLOTYPE; HIRUNDO RUSTICA RUSTICA; HIRUNDO RUSTICA TRANSITIVA; ISRAEL; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOW (BIRD); UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; ISRAEL; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SWALLOWS; TAIL;

EID: 83255189580     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esr114     Document Type: Article

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