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Phylogeography, phylogeny and hybridization in trichechid sirenians: implications for manatee conservation.
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2006
Vianna Juliana A, Bonde Robert K, Caballero Susana, Giraldo Juan Pablo, Lima Régis P, Clark Annmarie, Marmontel Míriam, Morales-Vela Benjamín, De Souza Maria José, Parr Leslee, Rodríguez-Lopez Marta A, Mignucci-Giannoni Antonio A, Powell James A, Santos Fabrício R
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Abstract The three living species of manatees, West Indian (Trichechus manatus), Amazonian (Trichechus inunguis) and West African (Trichechus senegalensis), are distributed across the shallow tropical and subtropical waters of America and the western coast of Africa. We have sequenced the mitochondrial DNA control region in 330 Trichechus to compare their phylogeographic patterns. In T. manatus we observed a...
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