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NUCLEAR LOCI AND COALESCENT METHODS SUPPORT ANCIENT HYBRIDIZATION AS CAUSE OF MITOCHONDRIAL PARAPHYLY BETWEEN GADWALL AND FALCATED DUCK (ANAS SPP.) by Peters, Jeffrey L, Zhuravlev, Yuri, Fefelov, Igor, Logie, Anne, Omland, Kevin E

“…Many species have mitochondrial DNA lineages that are phylogenetically intermixed with other species, but studies have rarely tested the cause of such…”
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Rapid radiation and hybridization contribute to weak differentiation and hinder phylogenetic inferences in the New World Mallard complex (Anas spp.) by Lavretsky, Philip, Hernández-Baños, Blanca E, Peters, Jeffrey L

“…Of the 13 taxa composing the Mallard complex, 4 occur in North America: the sexually monochromatic American Black Duck (A. rubripes), Mexican Duck (A…”
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Genetic signatures of intermediate divergence: population history of Old and New World Holarctic ravens (Corvus corax) by OMLAND, KEVIN E., BAKER, JASON M., PETERS, JEFFREY L.

“…Many studies of phylogeography, speciation, and species limits restrict their focus to a narrow issue: gene tree monophyly. However, reciprocal monophyly does…”
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Heterogeneity in genetic diversity among non-coding loci fails to fit neutral coalescent models of population history by Peters, Jeffrey L, Roberts, Trina E, Winker, Kevin, McCracken, Kevin G

“…Inferring aspects of the population histories of species using coalescent analyses of non-coding nuclear DNA has grown in popularity. These inferences, such as…”
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Recent speciation and elevated Z‐chromosome differentiation between sexually monochromatic and dichromatic species of Australian teals by Dhami, Kirandeep K., Joseph, Leo, Roshier, David A., Peters, Jeffrey L.

“…Sex chromosomes potentially have an important role in speciation and often have elevated differentiation between closely related species. In birds, traits…”
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Host specificity and co-speciation in avian haemosporidia in the Western Cape, South Africa by Okanga, Sharon, Cumming, Graeme S, Hockey, Philip A R, Nupen, Lisa, Peters, Jeffrey L

“…Host and pathogen ecology are often closely linked, with evolutionary processes often leading to the development of host specificity traits in some pathogens…”
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Host associations, biogeography, and phylogenetics of avian malaria in southern African waterfowl by Cumming, Graeme S, Shepard, Eric, Okanga, Sharon, Caron, Alexandre, Ndlovu, Mduduzi, Peters, Jeffrey L

“…The relevance of spatial variation in the environment and host communities for parasite community composition is poorly documented, creating a need for…”
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Signatures of High‐Altitude Adaptation in the Major Hemoglobin of Five Species of Andean Dabbling Ducks by McCracken, Kevin G., Barger, Christopher P., Bulgarella, Mariana, Johnson, Kevin P., Kuhner, Mary K., Moore, Andrew V., Peters, Jeffrey L., Trucco, Jorge, Valqui, Thomas H., Winker, Kevin, Wilson, Robert E.

“…Hypoxia is one of the most important factors affecting survival at high altitude, and the major hemoglobin protein is a likely target of selection. We compared…”
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Old divergence and restricted gene flow between torrent duck (Merganetta armata) subspecies in the Central and Southern Andes by Alza, Luis, Lavretsky, Philip, Peters, Jeffrey L., Cerón, Gerardo, Smith, Matthew, Kopuchian, Cecilia, Astie, Andrea, McCracken, Kevin G.

“…Aim To investigate the structure and rate of gene flow among populations of habitat‐specialized species to understand the ecological and evolutionary processes…”
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Correction: Host specificity and co-speciation in avian haemosporidia in the Western Cape, South Africa by Okanga, Sharon, Cumming, Graeme S, Hockey, Philip A R, Nupen, Lisa, Peters, Jeffrey L

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Sustained plumage divergence despite weak genomic differentiation and broad sympatry in sister species of Australian woodswallows (Artamus spp.) by Peñalba, Joshua V., Peters, Jeffrey L., Joseph, Leo

“…Plumage divergence can function as a strong premating barrier when species come into secondary contact. When it fails to do so, the results are often genome…”
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Testing epidemiological functional groups as predictors of avian haemosporidia patterns in southern Africa by Hellard, Eléonore, Cumming, Graeme S., Caron, Alexandre, Coe, Elizabeth, Peters, Jeffrey L., Peters, D. P. C.

“…Understanding the dynamics of multihost parasites and the roles of different host species in parasite epidemiology requires consideration of the whole animal…”
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ddRAD‐seq data reveal significant genome‐wide population structure and divergent genomic regions that distinguish the mallard and close relatives in North America by Lavretsky, Philip, DaCosta, Jeffrey M., Sorenson, Michael D., McCracken, Kevin G., Peters, Jeffrey L.

“…Recently evolved species typically share genetic variation across their genomes due to incomplete lineage sorting and/or ongoing gene flow. Given only subtle…”
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Introgression between non-sister species of honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae) several million years after speciation by Joseph, Leo, Drew, Alex, Mason, Ian J, Peters, Jeffrey L

“…Abstract We reassessed whether two parapatric non-sister Australian honeyeater species (Aves: Meliphagidae), varied and mangrove honeyeaters (Gavicalis…”
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Phylogenetics of a recent radiation in the mallards and allies (Aves: Anas): Inferences from a genomic transect and the multispecies coalescent by Lavretsky, Philip, McCracken, Kevin G., Peters, Jeffrey L.

“…[Display omitted] •Multilocus, coalescent methods reconstruct species trees confounded by ILS and introgression.•Ignoring recombination provided the highest…”
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Determining evolutionary origin and phylogenetic relationships of mallard-like ducks of Oceania, greater Indonesia, and the Philippines with ddRAD-seq data by Kaminski, Marissa, Brown, Joshua I., Seibert, Sara R., Hernández, Flor, Duya, Melizar V., Fontanilla, Ian Kendrich C., Roshier, David, Miles, Adam, Joseph, Leo, Peters, Jeffrey L., Lavretsky, Philip

“…•Philippine and Pacific black ducks represent unique genetic lineages that diverged from the mallard 1–2 million years ago.•We found no support for the…”
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Host community heterogeneity and the expression of host specificity in avian haemosporidia in the Western Cape, South Africa by Jones, Sharon M, Cumming, Graeme S, Peters, Jeffrey L

“…Similar patterns of parasite prevalence in animal communities may be driven by a range of different mechanisms. The influences of host heterogeneity and…”
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Persistence of an endangered native duck, feral mallards, and multiple hybrid swarms across the main Hawaiian Islands by Wells, Caitlin P., Lavretsky, Philip, Sorenson, Michael D., Peters, Jeffrey L., DaCosta, Jeffrey M., Turnbull, Stephen, Uyehara, Kimberly J., Malachowski, Christopher P., Dugger, Bruce D., Eadie, John M., Engilis, Andrew

“…Interspecific hybridization is recognized as an important process in the evolutionary dynamics of both speciation and the reversal of speciation. However, our…”
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Speciation genomics and a role for the Z chromosome in the early stages of divergence between Mexican ducks and mallards by Lavretsky, Philip, Dacosta, Jeffrey M, Hernández‐Baños, Blanca E, Engilis, Andrew, Jr, Sorenson, Michael D, Peters, Jeffrey L

“…Speciation is a continuous and dynamic process, and studying organisms during the early stages of this process can aid in identifying speciation mechanisms…”
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Population genomic data delineate conservation units in mottled ducks (Anas fulvigula) by Peters, Jeffrey L., Lavretsky, Philip, DaCosta, Jeffrey M., Bielefeld, Ronald R., Feddersen, Jamie C., Sorenson, Michael D.

“…Large multi-locus data sets provide an unprecedented opportunity for detecting fine-scale population structure and identifying populations that warrant…”
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