Evolution of microsatellite loci in the adaptive radiation of Hawaiian honeycreepers
- Author:
- Beadell, Jon S., Eggert, Lori S., Fleischer, Robert C., McClung, Andrew, McIntosh, Carl E.
- Title:
- Evolution of microsatellite loci in the adaptive radiation of Hawaiian honeycreepers
- Periodical:
- Journal of Heredity
- Year:
- 2009
- Volume:
- 100
- Pages:
- 137-147
- Subject:
- Apapane Genetics Hawaii Amakihi Hawaiian honeycreepers Palila
- Summary:
- Changes in 8 dinucleotide loci across the adaptive radiation of Hawaiian honeycreepers have been examined. The results confirm that microsatellite loci may be conserved over evolutionary time, making them useful in population-level studies of species that diverged from the species in which they were characterized as long as 5 Ma. Despite this, we found that their use in phylogenetic inference was limited to closely related honeycreeper species.
- Label:
- Birds - General
- URL:
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esn111
- Date:
- 2009
- Collection:
- Periodicals