Examining the role of effective population size on mitochondrial and multilocus divergence time discordance in a songbird.

Estimates of speciation times are subject to a number of potential errors. One source of bias is that effective population size (Ne) has been shown to influence substitution rates. This issue is of particular interest for phylogeographic studies because population sizes can vary dramatically among g...

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Main Authors: Brian Tilston Smith, John Klicka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3574149?pdf=render