Introgressive hybridization and the evolutionary history of the herring gull complex revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA

Introgressive hybridization and the evolutionary history of the herring gull complex revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Based on extensive mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence data, we previously showed that the model of speciation among species of herring gull (<it>Larus argentatus</it>) complex was not that of a ring species, but most like...

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Main Authors: Zhang Jun, Ritz Markus S, Liebers-Helbig Dorit, Sternkopf Viviane, Helbig Andreas J, de Knijff Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-11-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/348

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