{"id":2510,"date":"2014-07-24T12:45:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T17:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=2510"},"modified":"2014-07-24T16:44:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T21:44:14","slug":"mixed-genes-lead-to-mixed-migration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/mixed-genes-lead-to-mixed-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed genes lead to mixed migration<img src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/canada_flag_icon_small.gif\">"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2498\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bird-map-300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2498\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2498\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bird-map-300.jpg\" alt=\"Solid black lines indicate the migration routes of two sub-species of Swainson\u2019s thrush. The dashed line indicated the route of hybrid birds carrying genes from both sub-species; this route was much more difficult, traversing areas with little insect life, vegetation or water. (Image credit: Kira Delmore)\" width=\"500\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bird-map-300.jpg 500w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bird-map-300-300x136.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solid black lines indicate the migration routes of two sub-species of Swainson\u2019s thrush. The dashed line indicated the route of hybrid birds carrying genes from both sub-species; this route was much more difficult, traversing areas with little insect life, vegetation or water. (Image credit: Kira Delmore)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A new study indicates that genetics can have a strong influence on bird migration patterns. Using\u00a0geolocators strapped to the backs of Swainson\u2019s thrushes researchers were able to map the\u00a0birds&#8217;\u00a0migration from British Columbia to South and Central America each year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As expected birds of one population chose one route, while birds of another population chose another.\u00a0However\u00a0hybrid birds, those with genes from both populations, chose an intermediate route, despite the fact that deserts and mountains made this route much more challenging. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This shows that genes play a significant role in bird migration patterns, and that the routes are not necessarily a learned behaviour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/ele.12326\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\">Original research paper<\/a><\/span>\u00a0published in the\u00a0journal\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ecology Letters<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em>on\u00a0<strong>July 16, 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kira Delmore, University of British Columbia,\u00a0British Columbia<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Darren Irwin, University of British Columbia, British Columbia<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study indicates that genetics can have a strong influence on bird migration patterns. Using\u00a0geolocators strapped to the backs of Swainson\u2019s thrushes researchers were able to map the\u00a0birds&#8217;\u00a0migration from British Columbia to South and Central America each year. As expected birds of one population chose one route, while birds of another population chose another.\u00a0However\u00a0hybrid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[39,113,114,125,917,909],"class_list":["post-2510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paper-of-interest","tag-animal-behaviour","tag-biology","tag-birds","tag-british-columbia","tag-evolution","tag-genetics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bird-map-300.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4DqbN-Eu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2519,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510\/revisions\/2519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}