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Recent evolutionary history of the bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) across Eurasia.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2003
Zink Robert M, Drovetski Sergei V, Questiau Sophie, Fadeev Igor V, Nesterov Evgeniy V, Westberg Michael C, Rohwer Sievert
Abstract excerpt
We analysed mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences from 154 bluethroats (Luscinia svecica) sampled at 21 sites throughout much of their Eurasian range. A previously reported, single base-pair mtDNA difference between L. s. svecica and L. s. namnetum was inconsistent upon expanded geographical sampling. A significant FST value (0.29) and an isolation-by-distance effect show the existence of geographical...
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