ABSTRACT Sequence data of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and genomic fingerprinting provide good evidence that the geographically separated taxa of the Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata complex represent distinct genetic lineages, which became separated more than one million years ago.The distinct genetic pattern implies that hybridisation and gene flow between these lineages no longer takes

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