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Employment (2)

University of Colorado Boulder: Boulder, CO, US

2016-08 to present | Assistant Professor (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
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Cornell University: Ithaca, NY, US

2012-05 to 2016-07 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Cornell Lab of Ornithology / Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Queen's University: Kingston, ON, CA

2006-09 to 2011-04 | PhD (Biology)
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University of Guelph: Guelph, ON, CA

2002-09 to 2006-05 | B.Sc (Integrative Biology)
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Professional activities (16)

Society of Canadian Ornithologists: Québec, Quebec, CA

2019 to present | Subject Editor (Avian Conservation and Ecology)
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American Ornithological Society: Chicago, Il, US

2019 to present | Associate Editor (The Auk: Ornithological Advances)
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American Ornithological Society: Chicago, Il, US

2017 to present | Elected Member
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American Ornithological Society : IL, IL, US

2016 to present | committee member (Diversity and Inclusion Committee)
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American Ornithological Society: Chicago, US

2016 to present
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American Society of Naturalists: Chicago, US

2015 to present
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Society for the Study of Evolution: St Louis, Missouri, US

2009-06-08 to present
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American Ornithological Society: IL, IL, US

2014 to 2020 | Committee member (Early Career Professionals Committee)
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American Orntihological Society: Tucson, Arizona, US

2018-04-20 | Ned K. Johnson Young Investigator Award
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Society for Conservation Biology: Washington, DC, US

2009 to 2014 | Education Chair (Global Chapters Committee)
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Society for Conservation Biology: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

2009 to 2014 | Chapters Representative (Global Education Committee)
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Society for Conservation Biology: Washington, DC, US

2009 to 2010 | President (Kingston ON Chapter)
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Ontario Ecology and Ethology Colloquium: Guelph ON, CA

2009 to 2010 | Member (Local Organizing Committee)
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Society for Conservation Biology: Washington, DC, US

2008 to 2009 | Past President (Kingston ON Chapter)
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Society for Conservation Biology: Washington, DC, US

2007 to 2008 | President (Kingston ON Chapter )
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Society of Canadian Ornithologists: Québec, Quebec, CA

2006 to 2007 | committee member (Conference Local Organizing Committee)
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Funding (2)

Collaborative Research: RoL: Local adaptation, hybrid breakdown, and species barriers in North American chickadees

2020-05-01 to 2025-04-30 | Grant
Directorate for Biological Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.8539842
GRANT_NUMBER: 1928891
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Collaborative Research: Cognitive deficiency as a source of reproductive isolation between hybridizing species

2018-08-01 to 2022-07-31 | Grant
Directorate for Biological Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.7672215
GRANT_NUMBER: 1754898
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Potential caterpillar mimicry in a tropical hummingbird

Ecology
2025-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.70060
Contributors: Jay J. Falk; Michael Castaño‐Diaz; Sebastian Gallan‐Giraldo; Joseph See; Scott Taylor
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Weak population structure in the North American house wren Troglodytes aedon

Journal of Avian Biology
2025-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jav.03401
Contributors: William C. Anderson; Erik R. Funk; Angela N. Theodosopoulos; Kathryn C. Grabenstein; Garth Spellman; Scott A. Taylor
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Chickadees sing different songs in sympatry versus allopatry

Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2025-01-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jeb/voae114
Contributors: Olivia N Taylor; Kathryn C Grabenstein; Angela N Theodosopoulos; Harriet Leeson; Scott A Taylor; Carrie L Branch; Xiang-Yi Li Richter; Nicola Nadeau
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Quantitative Analyses of Coupling in Hybrid Zones

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
2023-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041434
Contributors: Thomas J. Firneno, Jr.; Georgy Semenov; Erik B. Dopman; Scott A. Taylor; Erica L. Larson; Zachariah Gompert
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Similar parasite communities but dissimilar infection patterns in two closely related chickadee species

Ornithology
2023-09-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukad033
Contributors: Angela N Theodosopoulos; Kathryn C Grabenstein; Mia E Larrieu; Vanessa Arnold; Scott A Taylor
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Slow birding: The art and science of enjoying the birds in your own backyard

Ornithological Applications
2023-08-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/ornithapp/duad012
Contributors: Sara R Padula; Nikki Addison; Ajay M Patel; Abigail Buell; Haley L Kenyon; Scott A Taylor
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Hybridization between closely related songbirds is related to human habitat disturbance

Global Change Biology
2023-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16476
Contributors: Kathryn C. Grabenstein; Ken A. Otter; Theresa M. Burg; Scott A. Taylor
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Sympatry leads to reduced body condition in chickadees that occasionally hybridize

Ecology and Evolution
2022-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8756
Contributors: Kathryn C. Grabenstein; Ken A. Otter; Theresa M. Burg; Scott A. Taylor
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Estimating hybridization in the wild using citizen science data: A path forward

Evolution
2022-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/evo.14392
Contributors: Nicholas R. Minor; Paul J. Dougherty; Scott A. Taylor; Matthew D. Carling
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The genetic basis of spatial cognitive variation in a food-caching bird

Current Biology
2022-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.10.036
Contributors: Carrie L. Branch; Georgy A. Semenov; Dominique N. Wagner; Benjamin R. Sonnenberg; Angela M. Pitera; Eli S. Bridge; Scott A. Taylor; Vladimir V. Pravosudov
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A supergene underlies linked variation in color and morphology in a Holarctic songbird

Nature Communications
2021-11-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27173-z
Contributors: Erik R. Funk; Nicholas A. Mason; Snæbjörn Pálsson; Tomáš Albrecht; Jeff A. Johnson; Scott A. Taylor
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A highly invasive malaria parasite has expanded its range to non-migratory birds in North America

Biology Letters
2021-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0271
Contributors: Angela N. Theodosopoulos; Kathryn C. Grabenstein; Staffan Bensch; Scott A. Taylor
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Genomic and acoustic differences separate Lilian’s Meadowlark (Sturnella magna lilianae) from Eastern (S. magna) and Western (S. neglecta) meadowlarks

Ornithology
2021-05-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukab004
Contributors: Johanna K Beam; Erik R Funk; Scott A Taylor
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Asymmetric introgression reveals the genetic architecture of a plumage trait

Nature Communications
2021-02-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21340-y
Contributors: Georgy A. Semenov; Ethan Linck; Erik D. Enbody; Rebecca B. Harris; David R. Khaydarov; Per Alström; Leif Andersson; Scott A. Taylor
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Leveraging eDNA to expand the study of hybrid zones

Molecular Ecology
2020-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.15514
Contributors: Kathryn A. Stewart; Scott A. Taylor
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Genomic regions underlying metabolic and neuronal signaling pathways are temporally consistent in a moving avian hybrid zone

Evolution
2020-07-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/evo.13970
Contributors: Dominique N. Wagner; Robert L. Curry; Nancy Chen; Irby J. Lovette; Scott A. Taylor
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Genomic and plumage variation in Vermivora hybrids

The Auk
2020-07-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukaa027
Part of ISSN: 0004-8038
Contributors: Marcella D Baiz; Gunnar R Kramer; Henry M Streby; Scott A Taylor; Irby J Lovette; David P L Toews
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Book Review: Evolutionary Genetics: Concepts, analysis, and practice.

Molecular Ecology
2019 | Book review
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High-throughput sequencing is revealing genetic associations with avian plumage color

The Auk
2019-10-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukz048
Part of ISSN: 0004-8038
Contributors: Erik R Funk; Scott A Taylor
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Insect Hybridization and Climate Change

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2019-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00348
Part of ISSN: 2296-701X
Contributors: Erica L. Larson; Robin M. Tinghitella; Scott A. Taylor
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Genetics and evidence for balancing selection of a sex-linked colour polymorphism in a songbird

Nature Communications
2019-04-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09806-6
Contributors: Kang-Wook Kim; Benjamin C. Jackson; Hanyuan Zhang; David P. L. Toews; Scott A. Taylor; Emma I. Greig; Irby J. Lovette; Mengning M. Liu; Angus Davison; Simon C. Griffith et al.
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Selection on VPS13A linked to long-distance migratory behavior in a songbird

2019-03-22 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/585398
Contributors: David P. L. Toews; Scott A. Taylor; Henry M. Streby; Gunnar R. Kramer; Irby J. Lovette
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Parasites and Host Species Barriers in Animal Hybrid Zones

Trends in Ecology & Evolution
2019-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.09.011
Part of ISSN: 0169-5347
Contributors: Angela N. Theodosopoulos; Amanda K. Hund; Scott A. Taylor
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Insights from genomes into the evolutionary importance and prevalence of hybridization in nature

Nature Ecology & Evolution
2019-01-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0777-y
Contributors: Scott A. Taylor; Erica L. Larson
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Molecular Population Genetics

Molecular Ecology
2018 | Book review
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The Ascent of Birds.

The Journal of Field Ornithology
2018 | Book review
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Written lab agreements improve mentoring

Nature
2018-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-07383-0
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
Contributors: Sarah Hagerty; Nichole Barger; Scott Taylor; Javan Carter; June Gruber
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A wood-warbler produced through both interspecific and intergeneric hybridization

Biology Letters
2018-11-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0557
Contributors: David P. L. Toews; Henry M. Streby; Lowell Burket; Scott A. Taylor
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Genetic distinctiveness of brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) from the Galápagos Islands compared to continental North America

Conservation Genetics
2018-06-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-017-1041-8
Contributors: Scott A. Taylor; Melissa Jenkins; Meera Manghani; Tim Birt; David J. Anderson; Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui; Vicki Friesen
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Breaking Barriers: Causes, Consequences, and Experimental Utility of Human-Mediated Hybridization

Trends in Ecology & Evolution
2018-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.12.008
Part of ISSN: 0169-5347
Contributors: Kathryn C. Grabenstein; Scott A. Taylor
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The Evolution and Genetics of Carotenoid Processing in Animals

Trends in Genetics
2017-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2017.01.002
Part of ISSN: 0168-9525
Contributors: David P.L. Toews; Natalie R. Hofmeister; Scott A. Taylor
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Development of 10 novel SNP-RFLP markers for quick genotyping within the black-capped (Poecile atricapillus) and Carolina (P. carolinensis) chickadee hybrid zone

Conservation Genetics Resources
2017-01-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-016-0667-z
Part of ISSN: 1877-7252
Contributors: M. A. McQuillan; A. V. Huynh; S. A. Taylor; A. M. Rice
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Plumage Genes and Little Else Distinguish the Genomes of Hybridizing Warblers

Current Biology
2016-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.06.034
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
Contributors: David P.L. Toews; Scott A. Taylor; Rachel Vallender; Alan Brelsford; Bronwyn G. Butcher; Philipp W. Messer; Irby J. Lovette
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A comparative assessment of SNP and microsatellite markers for assigning parentage in a socially monogamous bird

Molecular Ecology Resources
2016-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12589
Part of ISSN: 1755-098X
Contributors: Sara A. Kaiser; Scott A. Taylor; Nancy Chen; T. Scott Sillett; Eliana R. Bondra; Michael S. Webster
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Avian supergenes

Science
2016-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.aae0389
Part of ISSN: 0036-8075
Contributors: S. Taylor; L. Campagna
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Genomic approaches to understanding population divergence and speciation in birds

The Auk
2016-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1642/auk-15-51.1
Part of ISSN: 0004-8038
Contributors: David P. L. Toews; Leonardo Campagna; Scott A. Taylor; Christopher N. Balakrishnan; Daniel T. Baldassarre; Petra E. Deane-Coe; Michael G. Harvey; Daniel M. Hooper; Darren E. Irwin; Caroline D. Judy et al.
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Hybrid zones: windows on climate change

Trends in Ecology & Evolution
2015-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.04.010
Part of ISSN: 0169-5347
Contributors: Scott A. Taylor; Erica L. Larson; Richard G. Harrison
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Differentially expressed genes match bill morphology and plumage despite largely undifferentiated genomes in a Holarctic songbird

Molecular Ecology
2015-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13140
Part of ISSN: 0962-1083
Contributors: Nicholas A. Mason; Scott A. Taylor
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Spatiotemporally consistent genomic signatures of reproductive isolation in a moving hybrid zone

Evolution
2014-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12510
Part of ISSN: 0014-3820
Contributors: Scott A. Taylor; Robert L. Curry; Thomas A. White; Valentina Ferretti; Irby Lovette
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Climate-Mediated Movement of an Avian Hybrid Zone

Current Biology
2014-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.01.069
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
Contributors: Scott A. Taylor; Thomas A. White; Wesley M. Hochachka; Valentina Ferretti; Robert L. Curry; Irby Lovette
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Postglacial population genetic differentiation potentially facilitated by a flexible migratory strategy in Golden-crowned Kinglets (Regulus satrapa)

Canadian Journal of Zoology
2014-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2013-0217
Part of ISSN: 0008-4301
Contributors: T.M. Burg; S.A. Taylor; K.D. Lemmen; A.J. Gaston; V.L. Friesen
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Genetic evidence for hybridization between brown (Sula leucogaster) and blue-footed (S. nebouxii) boobies in the Gulf of Mexico

Marine Ornithology
2013 | Journal article
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Evidence for genetic differentiation among Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) populations in North America

Conservation Genetics
2013-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-013-0536-1
Part of ISSN: 1566-0621
Contributors: Scott T. Boutilier; Scott A. Taylor; James A. Morris-Pocock; Raphaël A. Lavoie; Vicki L. Friesen
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Corrigendum to “The phylogenetic relationships of the extant pelicans inferred from DNA sequence data” [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 66 (2013) 215–222]

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2013-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.001
Part of ISSN: 1055-7903
Contributors: Martyn Kennedy; Scott A. Taylor; Petr Nádvorník; Hamish G. Spencer
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Evidence for Asymmetrical Divergence-Gene Flow of Nuclear Loci, but Not Mitochondrial Loci, between Seabird Sister Species: Blue-Footed (Sula nebouxii) and Peruvian (S. variegata) Boobies

PLoS ONE
2013-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062256
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
Contributors: Scott A. Taylor; David J. Anderson; Vicki L. Friesen; Daniele Canestrelli
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Specialization to cold-water upwellings may facilitate gene flow in seabirds: new evidence from the Peruvian pelicanPelecanus thagus(Pelecaniformes: Pelecanidae)

Journal of Avian Biology
2013-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048x.2012.00004.x
Part of ISSN: 0908-8857
Contributors: Will S. Jeyasingham; Scott A. Taylor; Carlos B. Zavalaga; Alejandro Simeone; Vicki L. Friesen
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The phylogenetic relationships of the extant pelicans inferred from DNA sequence data

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2013-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.034
Part of ISSN: 1055-7903
Contributors: Martyn Kennedy; Scott A. Taylor; Petr Nádvorník; Hamish G. Spencer
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Evidence for strong assortative mating, limited gene flow, and strong differentiation across the blue-footed/Peruvian booby hybrid zone in northern Peru

Journal of Avian Biology
2012-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048x.2012.05660.x
Part of ISSN: 0908-8857
Contributors: Scott A. Taylor; David J. Anderson; Carlos B. Zavalaga and; Vicki L. Friesen
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Use of molecular genetics for understanding seabird evolution, ecology and conservation

Marine Ecology Progress Series
2012-04-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3354/meps09694
Part of ISSN: 0171-8630
Contributors: SA Taylor; VL Friesen
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Cryptic introgression between murre sister species (Uria spp.) in the Pacific low Arctic: frequency, cause, and implications

Polar Biology
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1141-8
Part of ISSN: 0722-4060
Contributors: Scott A. Taylor; Anoma Patirana; Tim Birt; Vicki Friesen
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