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. 2013 Nov 12;1:e206. doi: 10.7717/peerj.206

Table 3. Other taxa with mtDNA breaks.

Other transcontinentally distributed vertebrates with mtDNA lineage breaks between the northwest coast and lineages found in the rest of their North American range.

Species mtDNA marker Divergence estimate
% divergence ybp Source
Birds
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) control region 124,000 − 10,000 Peters, Gretes & Omland (2005)
Hairy Woodpecker
(Picoides villosus)
NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 ∼1.5% 925,000 − 470,000 Klicka et al. (2011)
Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 4.6–5.1% 5,520,000 − 890,000 van Els, Cicero & Klicka (2012)
Common Raven (Corvus corax) cytochrome b, control region 4.0–5.0% ∼2,000,000 Omland et al. (2000)
Boreal Chickadee (Poecile
hudsonicus)
control region, ATPase 133,300 − 26,700 Lait & Burg (2013)
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 3.6–4.7% 1,600,000 − 630,000 Spellman & Klicka (2007)
Brown Creeper (Certhia
americana)
NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 1.5–3.0% 2,500,000 Manthey, Klicka & Spellman (2011)
Winter & Pacific wrens (Troglodytes hiemalis & pacificus) NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 6.24% 4,300,000 Toews & Irwin (2008)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) control region, ATPase 6 & 8 0.13–0.15% 12,000 − 10,000 Milá, Smith & Wayne (2007)
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga
petechia)
control region 100,000 − 18,500 Milot, Gibbs & Hobson (2000)
Wilson’s Warbler (Cardellina
pusilla)
control region 62,500 − 33,654 Kimura et al. (2002)
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) cytochrome b, NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 1.47–1.91% 770,000 Weir & Schluter (2004)
Mammals
shrews (Sorex bairdi and
S. monticolus)
cytochrome b 4.7–5.7% Demboski, Stone & Cook (1999)
northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) cytochrome b 4.3% 1,200,000 − 770,000 Arbogast (1999)
tree squirrels (Tamiasciurus
douglasii + mearnsi and
T. hudsonicus)
cytochrome b 1.0–2.4% 240,000 − 80,000 Arbogast, Browne & Weigl (2001)
red-backed voles (Myodes
gapperi)
cytochrome b 3.3% Runck & Cook (2005)
black bear (Ursus americanus) control region, cytochrome b 5%, 3.1–3.6 % 1,800,000 Wooding & Ward (1997); Stone & Cook (2000)
American pine marten (Martes americana) cytochrome b 2.5–2.8% Demboski, Stone & Cook (1999)