Unexpected post-glacial colonisation route explains the white colour of barn owls (Tyto alba) from the British Isles
A. P. Machado, T. Cumer, C. Iseli, E. Beaudoing, A.-L. Ducrest, M. Dupasquier, N. Guex, K. Dichmann, R. Lourenco, J. Lusby, H.-D. Martens, L. Prevost, D. Ramsden, A. Roulin, J. Goudet
The paper shows barn owls in the British Isles inherited white coloration from an Iberian refugium via an unexpected post-glacial route, not through Doggerland.
bioRxiv · Apr 23, 2021Evolutionary Biology