Autumn migration direction of juvenile willow warblers (Phylloscopus t. trochilus and P. t. acredula) and their hybrids assessed by qPCR SNP genotyping. Zhao, T., Ilieva, M., Larson, K., Lundberg, M., Neto, J. M., Sokolovskis, K., Åkesson, S., & Bensch, S. Movement Ecology, 8(1):22, May, 2020.
Autumn migration direction of juvenile willow warblers (Phylloscopus t. trochilus and P. t. acredula) and their hybrids assessed by qPCR SNP genotyping [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
Geographic regions, where two closely related taxa with different migration routes come into contact, are known as migratory divides. Hybrids originating from migratory divides are hypothesized to migrate intermediately relative to the parental populations. Few studies have tested this hypothesis in wild birds, and only in hybrids that have completed the migration back to the breeding grounds. Here, we make use of the well-established migration routes of willow warblers (Phylloscopus trochilus), for which the subspecies trochilus and acredula have migration-associated genetic markers on chromosomes 1 and 5. The genetic approach enabled us to analyze the geographic distribution of juveniles during their first autumn migration, predicting that hybrids should be more frequent in the central flyway over Italy than along the typical SW routes of trochilus and SE routes of acredula.
@article{zhao_autumn_2020,
	title = {Autumn migration direction of juvenile willow warblers ({Phylloscopus} t. trochilus and {P}. t. acredula) and their hybrids assessed by {qPCR} {SNP} genotyping},
	volume = {8},
	issn = {2051-3933},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-020-00209-7},
	doi = {10.1186/s40462-020-00209-7},
	abstract = {Geographic regions, where two closely related taxa with different migration routes come into contact, are known as migratory divides. Hybrids originating from migratory divides are hypothesized to migrate intermediately relative to the parental populations. Few studies have tested this hypothesis in wild birds, and only in hybrids that have completed the migration back to the breeding grounds. Here, we make use of the well-established migration routes of willow warblers (Phylloscopus trochilus), for which the subspecies trochilus and acredula have migration-associated genetic markers on chromosomes 1 and 5. The genetic approach enabled us to analyze the geographic distribution of juveniles during their first autumn migration, predicting that hybrids should be more frequent in the central flyway over Italy than along the typical SW routes of trochilus and SE routes of acredula.},
	number = {1},
	urldate = {2020-06-08},
	journal = {Movement Ecology},
	author = {Zhao, Tianhao and Ilieva, Mihaela and Larson, Keith and Lundberg, Max and Neto, Júlio M. and Sokolovskis, Kristaps and Åkesson, Susanne and Bensch, Staffan},
	month = may,
	year = {2020},
	keywords = {\#nosource},
	pages = {22},
}

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