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SUBMITTER: Brown RM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3105042 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brown Ruth M RM Jordan William C WC Faulkes Chris G CG Jones Carl G CG Bugoni Leandro L Tatayah Vikash V Palma Ricardo L RL Nichols Richard A RA
PloS one 20110531 5
The classification of petrels (Pterodroma spp.) from Round Island, near Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, has confounded researchers since their discovery in 1948. In this study we investigate the relationships between Round Island petrels and their closest relatives using evidence from mitochondrial DNA sequence data and ectoparasites. Far from providing clear delimitation of species boundaries, our results reveal that hybridization among species on Round Island has led to genetic leakage between ...[more]