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Mitochondrial phylogeography of moose (Alces alces): late pleistocene divergence and population expansion.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Mar 2002
Hundertmark Kris J, Shields Gerald F, Udina Irina G, Bowyer R Terry, Danilkin Alexei A, Schwartz Charles C
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We examined phylogeographic relationships of moose (Alces alces) worldwide to test the proposed existence of two geographic races and to infer the timing and extent of demographic processes underpinning the expansion of this species across the Northern Hemisphere in the late Pleistocene. Sequence variation within the left hypervariable domain of the control region occurred at low or moderate levels worldwide and...
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