Allelic variation in a willow warbler genomic region is associated with climate clines.

Local adaptation is an important process contributing to population differentiation which can occur in continuous or isolated populations connected by various amounts of gene flow. The willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) is one of the most common songbirds in Fennoscandia. It has a continuous br...

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Main Authors: Keith W Larson, Miriam Liedvogel, Brianne Addison, Oddmund Kleven, Terje Laskemoen, Jan T Lifjeld, Max Lundberg, Susanne Akesson, Staffan Bensch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4006793?pdf=render