Atlantic Yellow-legged Gull (atlantis)

(last update: October 12, 2011)

Fig. 4 Median-joining networks showing relationships among mtDNA haplotypes (Network 2.0; Röhl 1998).

FROM: D. LIEBERS, A. J. HELBIG and P. DE KNIJFF: "Genetic differentiation and phylogeography of gulls in the Larus cachinnans-fuscus group (Aves: Charadriiformes)". Published IN: Molecular Ecology (2001) 10, p 2447-2462

(above) Haplotypes found at least twice in the atlantis–michahellis–armenicus group (n = 235 individuals);
(below) all haplotypes of the cachinnans–barabensis–mongolicus group (n = 154 individuals).

Branch lengths are proportional to the number of inferred substitutions. Diameters of circles are proportional to frequencies of the respective haplotypes. Roman numerals refer to clades in the haplotype phylogeny (Fig. 3).