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Rapid postglacial diversification and long-term stasis within the songbird genus Junco: phylogeographic and phylogenomic evidence.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2016
Friis Guillermo, Aleixandre Pau, Rodríguez-Estrella Ricardo, Navarro-Sigüenza Adolfo G, Milá Borja
Abstract excerpt
Natural systems composed of closely related taxa that vary in the degree of phenotypic divergence and geographic isolation provide an opportunity to investigate the rate of phenotypic diversification and the relative roles of selection and drift in driving lineage formation. The genus Junco (Aves: Emberizidae) of North America includes parapatric northern forms that are markedly divergent in plumage pattern and...
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