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Hybridization and massive mtDNA unidirectional introgression between the closely related Neotropical toads Rhinella marina and R. schneideri inferred from mtDNA and nuclear markers.
BMC evolutionary biology - 22 Sept 2011
Sequeira Fernando, Sodré Davidson, Ferrand Nuno, Bernardi José A R, Sampaio Iracilda, Schneider Horacio, Vallinoto Marcelo
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BACKGROUND: The classical perspective that interspecific hybridization in animals is rare has been changing due to a growing list of empirical examples showing the occurrence of gene flow between closely related species. Using sequence data from cyt b mitochondrial gene and three intron nuclear genes (RPL9, c-myc, and RPL3) we investigated patterns of nucleotide polymorphism and divergence between two closely...
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