Migratory divides coincide with species barriers across replicated avian hybrid zones above the Tibetan Plateau
E. S. C. Scordato, C. C. S. Smith, G. A. Semenov, Y. Liu, M. R. Wilkins, W. Liang, A. Rubtsov, G. Sundev, K. Koyama, S. P. Turbek, M. B. Wunder, C. A. Stricker, R. J. Safran
The paper examines reproductive isolation in barn swallow subspecies pairs, finding strong isolation coincides with migratory divides across the Tibetan Plateau, supporting the role of migratory behavior in speciation.
bioRxiv · Jul 11, 2019Evolutionary Biology