Ultraconserved elements (UCEs) illuminate the population genomics of a recent, high-latitude avian speciation event

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Winker, Kevin, Glenn, Travis C., Faircloth, Brant C.
• Other Authors: National Science Foundation, National Center for Genome Analysis Support (Trinity on Galaxy for assembly) and the Research Computing Systems of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (for analyses) provided computational support
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ 2018
• Subjects: Kya; Plectrophenax nivalis
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5735; https://peerj.com/articles/5735.pdf; https://peerj.com/articles/5735.xml; https://peerj.com/articles/5735.html

Using a large, consistent set of loci shared by descent (orthologous) to study relationships among taxa would revolutionize among-lineage comparisons of divergence and speciation processes. Ultraconserved elements (UCEs), highly conserved regions of the genome, offer such genomic markers. The utilit...