LOCAL CYTONUCLEAR EXTINCTION OF THE GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
- 1 April 1997
- Vol. 51 (2) , 519-525
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb02439.x
Abstract
I compared the mtDNA compositions of two adjacent populations of Vermivora chrysoptera (golden-winged warbler) at different stages of transient hybridization with its sister species V. pinus (blue-winged warbler). Pinus mtDNA introgresses asymmetrically and perhaps rapidly into chrysoptera phenotypes without comparable reverse introgression of chrysoptera mtDNA into replacing pinus populations. Pinus mtDNA was virtually fixed (98%) in an actively hybridizing lowland population with varied phenotypes. Pinus mtDNA increased from 27% (n = 11) in 1988 to 70% (n = 10) in 1992 in successive samples of a highland population in the initial stages of hybridization. This population comprised mostly pure and slightly introgressed chrysoptera phenotypes. The rapid pace of asymmetrical introgression may be the result of initial invasion of chrysoptera populations by pioneering female pinus and/or an unknown competitive advantage of pinus females and their daughters over chrysoptera females.Keywords
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