Open AccessNo hybrid snowcocks in the Altai—Hyper‐variable markers can be problematic for phylogenetic inference
Author(s) -
Päckert Martin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ecology and evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.17
H-Index - 63
ISSN - 2045-7758
DOI - 10.1002/ece3.8199
Subject(s) - phylogenetic tree , extant taxon , biology , evolutionary biology , inference , phylogenetics , event (particle physics) , ecology , artificial intelligence , genetics , computer science , gene , physics , quantum mechanics
A recent article in Ecology and Evolution featured the discovery of hybrid snowcocks ( Tetraogallus ) and speculated on the hybrid origin of an extant species ( T. altaicus ). Comprehensive re‐analyses of original data from the latter paper reliably refute the phylogenetic hypothesis taken as firm evidence of a past hybridization event in these birds. The new re‐analyses showed that there is no evidence of hybridization in these snowcocks from the data available so far.