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Phylogeography of the armadillo Chaetophractus villosus (Dasypodidae Xenarthra): post-glacial range expansion from Pampas to Patagonia (Argentina).
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Apr 2010
Poljak Sebastián, Confalonieri Viviana, Fasanella Mariana, Gabrielli Magalí, Lizarralde Marta Susana
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We report a phylogeographic study of Chaetophractus villosus populations in Argentina. Control Region (CR) sequences (484 bp) were obtained for 76 C. villosus from 20 locations across the species whole distribution range. Seventeen new haplotypes were identified. The highest genetic variation and the earliest fossils were found in the Pampean Region, thus appearing as the most probable area of origin of the...
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