Data from: Is dispersal guided by the environment? A comparison of interspecific gene flow estimates among differentiated regions of a newt hybrid zone.

How frequently genes pass through a hybrid zone may be influenced by the environment. Accordingly, in long hybrid zones that span more than one environmental setting, different patterns may emerge. We reconstruct the amount and direction of gene flow across such a heterogeneous hybrid zone in two species of marbled newts (Triturus marmoratus and T. pygmaeus), in four widely separated areas of the Iberian Peninsula from one mitochondrial and three nuclear genes. The main environmental conditions associated with the position of the contact zone are determined as precipitation, rivers, altitude and relief. Elsewhere its position is not correlated with any environmental factor and is instead determined by the shortest geographical distance between fixed positions at either side (mountains in the East and river in the West). In areas where the position of the zone is stable, gene flow was bidirectional. Where T. pygmaeus has superseded Triturus marmoratus over a large area gene flow was unidirectional. The prediction that a major river would reduce gene flow was not confirmed.DNA sequences in IMa2 format of marbled newts from the Iberian PeninsulaIMa2 input files for four different areas of the T. marmoratus / T. pygmaeus hybrid zone (Coastal Portugal, Tejo river, Idanha-a-Nova and Sierra da Gata). BF = beta-Fibrinogen intron 7 ; CALC = Calreticulin intron 3 ; PDGFRA = Platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha intron 11 and ND4 = mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4.IM.zipLocality data of sampling location of Triturus marmoratus and T. pygmaeusLocality data of sampled populations of T. marmoratus and T. pygmaeus, including Locality name and order number, country, hybrid zone area as described in the paper, and GPS coordinates.Locality data for Dryad.xls