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

• Main Authors: Rebecca Cheek, Kyle K Campbell, Robert Dickerman, Berry Wijdeven, Kevin Winker, Rebecca G Cheek, R W Dickerman, K Winker
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Queen Charlotte; Archipelago; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1055.3126

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,...