Independent evolution of intermediate bill widths in a seabird clade

• Published in: Molecular Genetics and Genomics
• Main Authors: Masello, Juan F., Ryan, Peter G., Shepherd, Lara D., Quillfeldt, Petra, Cherel, Yves, Tennyson, Alan J. D., Alderman, Rachael, Calderón, Luciano, Cole, Theresa L., Cuthbert, Richard J., Dilley, Ben J., Massaro, Melanie, Miskelly, Colin M., Navarro, Joan, Phillips, Richard A., Weimerskirch, Henri, Moodley, Yoshan
• Other Authors: deutsche forschungsgemeinschaft, royal society of new zealand, south african national antarctic programme, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: Genetics; Molecular Biology; General Medicine; Antarctic; Gough; Indian; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00438-021-01845-3; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00438-021-01845-3.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00438-021-01845-3/fulltext.html

Abstract Interspecific introgression can occur between species that evolve rapidly within an adaptive radiation. Pachyptila petrels differ in bill size and are characterised by incomplete reproductive isolation, leading to interspecific gene flow. Salvin’s prion ( Pachyptila salvini ), whose bill wi...