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Origin and cross-century dynamics of an avian hybrid zone.
BMC evolutionary biology - 15 Dec 2017
Morales-Rozo Andrea, Tenorio Elkin A, Carling Matthew D, Cadena Carlos Daniel
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BACKGROUND: Characterizations of the dynamics of hybrid zones in space and time can give insights about traits and processes important in population divergence and speciation. We characterized a hybrid zone between tanagers in the genus Ramphocelus (Aves, Thraupidae) located in southwestern Colombia. We evaluated whether this hybrid zone originated as a result of secondary contact or of primary differentiation,...
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