Greenish warbler Flashcards
Reference
Alcaide et al. (2014)
The greenish warbler species … forms a ring of populations around …
complex, Tibet
Two … … forms co-exist in central …, with a … of genetic and phenotypic characteristics through the … chain of populations connecting them
reproductively isolated, Siberia, gradient, southern
This study used genome-wide analysis to show that, although spatial patterns of … … are currently mostly as expected of a ring species, historical breaks in … … have existed at more than one location around the ring, and the two Siberian forms have occasionally …
genetic variation, gene flow, interbred
Substantial periods of … … occurred not only in the north but also in the Western Himalayas, where there is now an extensive hybrid zone between genetically … forms.
geographical isolation, divergent
Limited … … has occurred directly between the … forms, but it has not caused a … of those forms, suggesting selection against … genes
asymmetric introgression, merging, introgressed
Levels of reproductive isolation and genetic introgression are consistent with levels of phenotypic divergence around the ring - phenotypic similarity and extensive interbreeding across the … contact zone and strong phenotypic divergence and almost complete reproductive isolation across the … contact zone
southwestern, northern