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Historical data refute recent range contraction as cause of low genetic diversity in isolated frog populations.
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2004
Hoffman Eric A, Blouin Michael S
Abstract excerpt
This study tested whether low genetic diversity in remnant populations of a declining amphibian is best explained by recent bottlenecks or by a history of being peripheral. We compared diversity from eight microsatellite loci in historical and extant populations from the interior and former periphery of the species' range. We found that historic peripheral populations already had reduced levels of genetic...
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