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Phylogeography of the North American red fox: vicariance in Pleistocene forest refugia.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2009
Aubry Keith B, Statham Mark J, Sacks Benjamin N, Perrine John D, Wisely Samantha M
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Fossil, archaeological, and morphometric data suggest that indigenous red foxes in North America were derived from vicariance in two disjunct refugia during the last glaciation: one in Beringia and one in the contiguous USA. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a phylogeographical analysis of the North American red fox within its presettlement range. We sequenced portions of the mitochondrial cytochrome b (354...
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