Geographic Variation in the Mitochondrial Control Region of Black-Throated Blue Warblers (Dendroica Caerulescens)

dc.contributor.authorGrus, Wendy E.
dc.contributor.authorGraves, Gary R.
dc.contributor.authorGlenn, Travis C.
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-24T19:47:53Z
dc.date.available2010-02-24T19:47:53Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractWe investigated the genetic population structure of the Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens), a Nearctic-Neotropic migrant passerine that breeds in cool mixed deciduous-coniferous forests in eastern North America. A cline in plumage color in breeding populations in the central Appalachian Mountains suggests either a contact zone between two formerly allopatric populations or the presence of a strong contemporary selection gradient. Analysis of 333 base pairs of the mitochondrial control region from 287 individuals sampled from 14 populations revealed relatively high haplotype diversity, low nucleotide diversity, and limited but significant phylogeographic structure across the breeding range (analysis of molecular variance [AMOVA], variation among populations = 2.7%; P < 0.01) and between northern and southern population groups (AMOVA, variation among groups = 2.9%; P < 0.01). Genetic differentiation among populations did not conform to an isolation-by-distance model. Nucleotide diversity was generally highest in the central Appalachians and lower in geographically peripheral populations. Populations from the northwestern periphery of the breeding range in Michigan had the lowest haplotype diversity and were genetically distinct from populations in the southern Appalachians. The star-shaped haplotype network, extensive sharing of common haplotypes among populations, and the haphazard distribution of rare haplotypes are most likely attributable to the combined effects of postglacial expansion from a single refugium (12,000-84,000 years ago) and long-distance dispersal events. The existence of a cline in plumage color, in the face of inferred recent gene flow, suggests that a strong selection gradient is operating, perhaps related to the migratory divide postulated from stable-isotope data. Received 28 September 2007 accepted 9 October 2008.
dc.format.extent198–210
dc.identifier0004-8038
dc.identifier.citationGrus, Wendy E., Graves, Gary R., and Glenn, Travis C. 2009. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8699">Geographic Variation in the Mitochondrial Control Region of Black-Throated Blue Warblers (Dendroica Caerulescens)</a>." <em>The Auk</em>, 126, (1) 198–210. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2009.07159">https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2009.07159</a>.
dc.identifier.issn0004-8038
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10088/8699
dc.publisherAmerican Ornithologists’ Union
dc.relation.ispartofThe Auk 126 (1)
dc.titleGeographic Variation in the Mitochondrial Control Region of Black-Throated Blue Warblers (Dendroica Caerulescens)
dc.typearticle
sro.description.unitNMNH
sro.description.unitNH-Vertebrate Zoology
sro.identifier.doi10.1525/auk.2009.07159
sro.identifier.itemID77806
sro.identifier.refworksID20551
sro.identifier.urlhttps://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8699
sro.publicationPlaceLAWRENCE; ORNITHOLOGICAL SOC NORTH AMER PO BOX 1897, LAWRENCE, KS 66044-8897 USA

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