Fine-scale phenotypic change across a species transition zone in the genus neotoma: disentangling independent evolution from phylogenetic history.

Abstract excerpt

Zones of secondary contact between closely related species provide a rare opportunity to examine evidence of evolutionary processes that reinforce species boundaries and/or promote diversification. Here, we report on genetic and morphological variation in two sister species of woodrats, Neotoma fuscipes and N. macrotis, across a 30-km transition zone in the Sierra Nevada of California. We assessed whether these...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Analysis of Variance
• Share to Biological Evolution