Genetic relationships among the different races of Herring Gull, Yellow-legged Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull

ABSTRACT Genetic analyses of the relationships among different forms of Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus, Herring Gull L. argentatus and Yellow-legged Gull L. cachinnans are beset with difficulties, associated with apparently low levels of genetic divergence, inbreeding, and the highly unstable nature of gull populations.This short review summarises and discusses a new attempt to tackle this

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