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Independent evolution of intermediate bill widths in a seabird clade.
Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG - 1 Jan 2022
Masello Juan F, Ryan Peter G, Shepherd Lara D, Quillfeldt Petra, Cherel Yves, Tennyson Alan J D, Alderman Rachael, Calderón Luciano, Cole Theresa L, Cuthbert Richard J, Dilley Ben J, Massaro Melanie, Miskelly Colin M, Navarro Joan, Phillips Richard A, Weimerskirch Henri, Moodley Yoshan
Abstract excerpt
Interspecific introgression can occur between species that evolve rapidly within an adaptive radiation. Pachyptila petrels differ in bill size and are characterised by incomplete reproductive isolation, leading to interspecific gene flow. Salvin's prion (Pachyptila salvini), whose bill width is intermediate between broad-billed (P. vittata) and Antarctic (P. desolata) prions, evolved through homoploid hybrid...
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