Genetic introgression between an introduced babbler, the Chinese hwamei Leucodioptron c. canorum, and the endemic Taiwan hwamei L. taewanus: a multiple marker systems analysis

• Published in: Journal of avian biology Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 64 - 73
• Main Authors: Li, Shou-Hsien, Yeung, Carol K.-L., Han, Lianxian, Le, Manh Hung, Wang, Chi-xan, Ding, Ping, Yao, Cheng-te
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2010; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell Publishing; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Alleles; Animals; cluster analysis; Evolution; Evolutionary genetics; Genetic hybridization; Genetic loci; genetic techniques and protocols; Haplotypes; Hybridity; Hybridization; Hybrids; introgression; loci; microsatellite repeats; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; single nucleotide polymorphism; Species; Systems analysis; Taiwan; Taiwan

Identification of interspecific hybrids is often a subject of primary concern in the development of conservation strategies. Here we performed a genetic analysis combining mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), microsatellites and single nucleotide polymorphic sites (SNPs) to assay the level of hybridization an...