Landscape and climatic variations of the Quaternary shaped multiple secondary contacts among barn owls (Tyto alba) of the Western Palearctic
T. Cumer, A. P. Machado, G. Dumont, V. Bontzorlos, R. Ceccherelli, M. Charter, K. Dichmann, H.-D. Martens, N. Kassinis, R. Lourenco, F. Manzia, L. Prevost, M. Rakovic, F. Siverio, A. Roulin, J. Goudet
This study uses whole-genome sequences to reveal the complex population history of barn owls in the Western Palearctic, identifying multiple secondary contacts and glacial refugia.
bioRxiv · Jun 9, 2021Evolutionary Biology