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Numts help to reconstruct the demographic history of the ocellated lizard (Lacerta lepida) in a secondary contact zone.
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2012
Miraldo Andreia, Hewitt Godfrey M, Dear Paul H, Paulo Octavio S, Emerson Brent C
Abstract excerpt
In northwestern Iberia, two largely allopatric Lacerta lepida mitochondrial lineages occur, L5 occurring to the south of Douro River and L3 to the north, with a zone of putative secondary contact in the region of the Douro River valley. Cytochrome b sequence chromatograms with polymorphisms at nucleotide sites diagnostic for the two lineages were detected in individuals in the region of the Douro River and...
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