Genetic structure in the European endemic seabird, Phalacrocorax aristotelis, shaped by a complex interaction of historical and contemporary, physical and nonphysical drivers.

Abstract excerpt

Geographically separated populations tend to be less connected by gene flow, as a result of physical or nonphysical barriers preventing dispersal, and this can lead to genetic structure. In this context, highly mobile organisms such as seabirds are interesting because the small effect of physical barriers means nonphysical ones may be relatively more important. Here, we use microsatellite and mitochondrial data...

Topics

• Animals
• Birds
• DNA, Mitochondrial
• Gene Flow
• Genetic Variation
• Genetics, Population
• Microsatellite Repeats
• Phylogeny
• Phylogeography
• Sequence Analysis, DNA