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Stepwise colonization of the Andes by ruddy ducks and the evolution of novel β-globin variants.
Molecular ecology - 1 Mar 2013
Muñoz-Fuentes V, Cortázar-Chinarro M, Lozano-Jaramillo M, McCracken K G
Abstract excerpt
Andean uplift played a key role in Neotropical bird diversification, yet past dispersal and genetic adaptation to high-altitude environments remain little understood. Here we use multilocus population genetics to study population history and historical demographic processes in the ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis), a stiff-tailed diving duck comprising three subspecies distributed from Canada to Tierra del Fuego...
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