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Environment-dependent admixture dynamics in a tiger salamander hybrid zone.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jun 2004
Fitzpatrick Benjamin M, Shaffer H Bradley
Abstract excerpt
After an estimated five million years of independent evolution, the barred tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium) was introduced by bait dealers into the native range of the California tiger salamander (A. californiense). Hybridization and backcrossing have been occurring in central California for 50-60 years, or an estimated 15-30 generations. We studied genetic and ecological factors influencing...
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