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Preliminary insights into the phylogeography of the yellow-bellied sea snake, Pelamis platurus.
Integrative and comparative biology - 1 Aug 2012
Sheehy Coleman M, Solórzano Alejandro, Pfaller Joseph B, Lillywhite Harvey B
Abstract excerpt
The yellow-bellied sea snake, Pelamis platurus (Elapidae, Hydrophiinae), has the largest distribution of any snake species, and patterns related to its distribution and regional color variation suggest there is population structuring in this species. Here, we use mitochondrial (ND4, Cyt-b) and nuclear (RAG-1) DNA to (1) test whether genetic variation is associated with local variation in color pattern, and (2)...
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