Genomic and morphological analysis of a semipermeable avian hybrid zone suggests asymmetrical introgression of a sexual signal

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2644-2657

  Baldassarre, Daniel T ^a,b   White, Thomas A ^a   Karubian, Jordan ^c   Webster, Michael S ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotyping by sequencing; Geographic clines; Neutral diffusion; Red backed fairy wren; Reflectance spectrophotometry; Tension zone

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; CLINE; DOMINANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FLOW; GENOME; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HYBRID ZONE; INTROGRESSION; PERMEABILITY; PLUMAGE; TAXONOMY;

AVES; TROGLODYTINAE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENOMICS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 84908013335     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12457     Document Type: Article

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