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Genomic divergence in a ring species complex.
Nature - 3 Jul 2014
Alcaide Miguel, Scordato Elizabeth S C, Price Trevor D, Irwin Darren E
Abstract excerpt
Ring species provide particularly clear demonstrations of how one species can gradually evolve into two, but are rare in nature. In the greenish warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides) species complex, a ring of populations wraps around Tibet. Two reproductively isolated forms co-exist in central Siberia, with a gradient of genetic and phenotypic characteristics through the southern chain of populations connecting...
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