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dc.contributor.authorClegg, Sonya M
dc.contributor.authorPhillimore, Albert B
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:53:28Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:53:28Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-03-23T05:47:15Z
dc.identifier.issn0962-8436
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rstb.2009.0281
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/37655
dc.description.abstractColonization of an archipelago sets the stage for adaptive radiation. However, some archipelagos are home to spectacular radiations, while others have much lower levels of diversification. The amount of gene flow among allopatric populations is one factor proposed to contribute to this variation. In island colonizing birds, selection for reduced dispersal ability is predicted to produce changing patterns of regional population genetic structure as gene flow-dominated systems give way to drift-mediated divergence. If this transition is important in facilitating phenotypic divergence, levels of genetic and phenotypic divergence should be associated. We consider population genetic structure and phenotypic divergence among two co-distributed, congeneric (Genus: Zosterops) bird species inhabiting the Vanuatu archipelago. The more recent colonist, Z. lateralis, exhibits genetic patterns consistent with a strong influence of distance-mediated gene flow. However, complex patterns of asymmetrical gene flow indicate variation in dispersal ability or inclination among populations. The endemic species, Z. flavifrons, shows only a partial transition towards a drift-mediated system, despite a long evolutionary history on the archipelago. We find no strong evidence that gene flow constrains phenotypic divergence in either species, suggesting that levels of inter-island gene flow do not explain the absence of a radiation across this archipelago.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoyal Society Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1077
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1092
dc.relation.ispartofissue1543
dc.relation.ispartofjournalRoyal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions B. Biological Sciences
dc.relation.ispartofvolume365
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiogeography and phylogeography
dc.subject.fieldofresearchGenetics not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode310402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode310599
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.titleThe influence of gene flow and drift on genetic and phenotypic divergence in two species of Zosterops in Vanuatu
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorClegg, Sonya


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