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Mechanisms of population differentiation in marbled murrelets: historical versus contemporary processes.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jun 2000
Congdon B C, Piatt J F, Martin K, Friesen V L
Abstract excerpt
Mechanisms of population differentiation in highly vagile species such as seabirds are poorly understood. Previous studies of marbled murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus; Charadriiformes: Alcidae) found significant population genetic structure, but could not determine whether this structure is due to historical vicariance (e.g., due to Pleistocene glaciers), isolation by distance, drift or selection in peripheral...
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