• Biology
• Published in Conservation Genetics 2002
• DOI:10.1023/A:1015209405758

The utility of nuclear introns for investigating hybridization and genetic introgression: a case study involving Brachyramphus murrelets

@article{Pacheco2002TheUO,
  title={The utility of nuclear introns for investigating hybridization and genetic introgression: a case study involving Brachyramphus murrelets},
  author={Nazaret Pacheco and Bradley C. Congdon and Vicki L. Friesen},
  journal={Conservation Genetics},
  year={2002},
  volume={3},
  pages={175-182}
}

• Nazaret Pacheco, Bradley C. Congdon, Vicki L. Friesen

Interspecific hybridization can have importantconsequences for conservation, but can bedifficult to detect using morphologicalmarkers. To test the utility of nuclear intronsfor investigating hybridization and geneticintrogression, we analyzed variation in fivenuclear introns and the mitochondrialcytochrome b gene in two species ofseabirds that are declining and may behybridizing: marbled murrelets(Brachyramphus marmoratus) and Kittlitz'smurrelets (B. brevirostris). No alleleswere shared between… CONTINUE READING

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