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Rapid evolutionary divergence of a songbird population following recent colonization of an urban area.
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2022
Friis Guillermo, Atwell Jonathan W, Fudickar Adam M, Greives Timothy J, Yeh Pamela J, Price Trevor D, Ketterson Ellen D, Milá Borja
Abstract excerpt
Colonization of a novel environment by a few individuals can lead to rapid evolutionary change, yet there is scarce evidence of the relative contributions of neutral and selective factors in promoting divergence during the early stages of colonization. Here we explore the role of neutral and selective forces in the divergence of a unique urban population of the dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis), which became...
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