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Mitochondrial phylogeography and population history of pine martens Martes martes compared with polecats Mustela putorius.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2001
Davison A, Birks J D, Brookes R C, Messenger J E, Griffiths H I
Abstract excerpt
The flora and fauna of Europe are linked by a common biogeographic history, most recently the Pleistocene glaciations that restricted the range of most species to southern refugial populations. Changes in population size and migration, as well as selection, have all left a signature on the genetic differentiation. Thus, three paradigms of postglacial recolonization have been described, inferred from the patterns...
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