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Multiple lines of evidence for demographic and range expansion of a temperate species (Hyla sarda) during the last glaciation.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2011
Bisconti Roberta, Canestrelli Daniele, Colangelo Paolo, Nascetti Giuseppe
Abstract excerpt
Many temperate species experienced demographic and range contractions in response to climatic changes during Pleistocene glaciations. In this study, we investigate the evolutionary history of the Tyrrhenian tree frog Hyla sarda, a species inhabiting the Corsica-Sardinia island system (Western Mediterranean basin). We used sequence analysis of two mitochondrial (overall 1229 bp) and three nuclear (overall 1692 bp)...
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