Mitochondrial DNA Suggests High Gene Flow in Ancient Murrelets

• Published in: The Condor
• Main Authors: Pearce, Rebecca L., Wood, Jesse J., Artukhin, Yuri, Birt, Timothy P., Damus, Martin, Friesen, Vicki L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2002
• Subjects: Baja; Pacific; Sola; Subarctic; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/condor/104.1.84; http://academic.oup.com/condor/article-pdf/104/1/84/29711034/condor0084.pdf

Abstract Ancient Murrelets (Synthliboramphus antiquus) are subarctic seabirds that breed on islands from British Columbia through Alaska to China. In this study, we used sequence variation in the mitochondrial control region and cytochrome b gene to estimate the extent of genetic differentiation and...