Molecular markers provide insights into contemporary and historic gene flow for a non‐migratory species

• Published in: Journal of Avian Biology
• Main Authors: Graham, Brendan A., Burg, Theresa M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Charlotte Island; Queen Charlotte; Queen Charlotte Island; Newfoundland; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-048x.2012.05604.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-048X.2012.05604.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05604.x

Hairy woodpeckers Picoides villosus are a common, year round resident with distinct plumage and morphological variation across North America. We genotyped 335 individuals at six variable microsatellite loci and analyzed 322 mtDNA control region sequences in order to examine the role of contemporary...