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Digest: Exploring genomic islands of differentiation on the Z chromosome of hummingbirds *
Author(s) -
Ottenburghs Jente
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.84
H-Index - 199
eISSN - 1558-5646
pISSN - 0014-3820
DOI - 10.1111/evo.13964
Subject(s) - biology , evolutionary biology , chromosome , reproductive isolation , genetics , zoology , gene , population , demography , sociology
What evolutionary processes shaped the genomic landscape of differentiation in Selasphorus hummingbirds? Battey shows that the islands of differentiation on the Z chromosome are most likely the outcome of linked selection. Furthermore, these islands might contain barrier loci that contribute to reproductive isolation between these hybridizing hummingbirds.