Mitochondrial DNA suggests recent origins in two coastal avian subspecies in northwestern North America

• Main Authors: Cheek, Rebecca, Campbell, Kyle K, Dickerman, Robert, Wijdeven, Berry, Winker, Kevin
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: PeerJ 2016
• Subjects: Queen Charlotte; Archipelago; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1985; https://peerj.com/preprints/1985.pdf; https://peerj.com/preprints/1985.xml; https://peerj.com/preprints/1985.html

Genetic studies of subspecies endemic to Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia and the Alexander Archipelago of southeast Alaska have frequently found genetic corroboration for these phenotypically based taxa. Divergence and speciation are common among island populations of birds,...