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Rangewide phylogeography in the greater horseshoe bat inferred from microsatellites: implications for population history, taxonomy and conservation.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2007
Rossiter Stephen J, Benda Petr, Dietz Christian, Zhang Shuyi, Jones Gareth
Abstract excerpt
The distribution of genetic variability across a species' range can provide valuable insights into colonization history. To assess the relative importance of European and Asian refugia in shaping current levels of genetic variation in the greater horseshoe bats, we applied a microsatellite-based approach to data collected from 56 localities ranging from the UK to Japan. A decline in allelic richness from west...
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