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Reproductive mode and genetic variation suggest a North American origin of European Letharia vulpina.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2002
Högberg Nils, Kroken Scott, Thor Göran, Taylor John W
Abstract excerpt
Our data on the intercontinental population biology of Letharia vulpina show an unexpected shift from a recombining North American population with unique haplotypes to genetically depauperate Swedish and Italian populations, each with many representatives of a single repeated haplotype. Analysis of eight loci in 47 individuals supported recombination in North American populations and showed almost no variation...
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