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Range expansion and hybridization in Round Island petrels (Pterodroma spp.): evidence from microsatellite genotypes.
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2010
Brown Ruth M, Nichols Richard A, Faulkes Chris G, Jones Carl G, Bugoni Leandro, Tatayah Vikash, Gottelli Dada, Jordan William C
Abstract excerpt
Historical records suggest that the petrels of Round Island (near Mauritius, Indian Ocean) represent a recent, long-distance colonization by species originating from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The majority of petrels on Round Island appear most similar to Pterodroma arminjoniana, a species whose only other breeding locality is Trindade Island in the South Atlantic. Using nine microsatellite loci, patterns...
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