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Environmental margin and island evolution in Middle Eastern populations of the Egyptian fruit bat.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2012
Hulva P, Marešová T, Dundarova H, Bilgin R, Benda P, Bartonička T, Horáček I
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Here, we present a study of the population genetic architecture and microevolution of the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) at the environmental margins in the Middle East using mitochondrial sequences and nuclear microsatellites. In contrast to the rather homogenous population structure typical of cave-dwelling bats in climax tropical ecosystems, a relatively pronounced isolation by distance and...
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