Divergence in the face of gene flow in two Charadrius plovers along the Chinese coast
Xuejing Wang, Pinjia Que, Gerald Heckel, Junhua Hu, Xuecong Zhang, Chung-Yu Chiang, Qin Huang, Simin Liu, Jonathan Martinez, Nan Zhang, Emilio Pagani-Núñez, Caroline Dingle, Leung Yu Yan, Tamás Székely, Zhengwang Zhang, Yang Liu
This study examines genetic, phenotypic, and ecological divergence between two parapatric plover species along the Chinese coast, finding symmetric gene flow and evidence of ecological niche differentiation despite gene flow.
bioRxiv · Aug 31, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology