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Genetic distinctness of isolated populations of an endangered marsupial, the mountain pygmy-possum, Burramys parvus.
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2000
Osborne M J, Norman J A, Christidis L, Murray N D
Abstract excerpt
The mountain pygmy-possum, Burramys parvus, exists in isolated and fragmented populations in the Australian alps. To examine the degree of interpopulation divergence, mitochondrial cytochrome b and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 (NADH2) sequences were obtained from samples representing all populations of B. parvus. Three divergent mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lineages were identified which exhibited strong...
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