Habitat-linked genetic variation supports microgeographic adaptive divergence in an island-endemic bird species.
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.16438
Abstract: We investigated the potential mechanisms driving habitat-linked genetic divergence within a bird species endemic to a single 250 km2 island. The island scrub-jay (Aphelocoma insularis) exhibits microgeographic divergence in bill morphology across pine-oak ecotones on… read more here.
Keywords: adaptive divergence; linked genetic; island; divergence ... See more keywords