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Genetic structure in a tropical lek-breeding bird, the blue manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata) in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2007
Francisco Mercival R, Gibbs H Lisle, Galetti Mauro, Lunardi Vitor O, Galetti Pedro M
Abstract excerpt
Determining the genetic structure of tropical bird populations is important for assessing potential genetic effects of future habitat fragmentation and for testing hypotheses about evolutionary mechanisms promoting diversification. Here we used 10 microsatellite DNA loci to describe levels of genetic differentiation for five populations of the lek-mating blue manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata), sampled along a 414-km...
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