Speciation genetics in two pairs of high-latitude, migratory bird taxa

• Main Author: Withrow, Jack J.
• Other Authors: Winker, Kevin, Hundertmark, Kris, Takebayashi, Naoki
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: American golden plover; Alaska; Bering Sea Coast; Genetics; Russia (Federation); Pacific golden plover; Northern saw-whet owl; British Columbia; Haida Gwaii; Bering Sea; Canada; Fairbanks; Pacific; Beringia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/8300

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2013 I investigated and characterized the divergence of two pairs of putatively young, high-latitude, migratory bird taxa with data from mitochondria) and nuclear DNA. I chose pairs exhibiting natural history attributes suggesting divergence scenarios th...