Title |
Demographic history, genetic structure and gene flow in a steppe-associated raptor species
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Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, November 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-11-333 |
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Authors |
Jesus T Garcia, Fernando Alda, Julien Terraube, François Mougeot, Audrey Sternalski, Vincent Bretagnolle, Beatriz Arroyo |
Abstract |
Environmental preferences and past climatic changes may determine the length of time during which a species range has contracted or expanded from refugia, thereby influencing levels of genetic diversification. Connectivity among populations of steppe-associated taxa might have been maximal during the long glacial periods, and interrupted only during the shorter interglacial phases, potentially resulting in low levels of genetic differentiation among populations. We investigated this hypothesis by exploring patterns of genetic diversity, past demography and gene flow in a raptor species characteristic of steppes, the Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus), using mitochondrial DNA data from 13 breeding populations and two wintering populations. |
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