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Phylogeography and sex-biased dispersal across riverine manatee populations (Trichechus inunguis and Trichechus manatus) in South America.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Satizábal Paula, Mignucci-Giannoni Antonio A, Duchêne Sebastián, Caicedo-Herrera Dalila, Perea-Sicchar Carlos M, García-Dávila Carmen R, Trujillo Fernando, Caballero Susana J
Abstract excerpt
Phylogeographic patterns and sex-biased dispersal were studied in riverine populations of West Indian (Trichechus manatus) and Amazonian manatees (T. inunguis) in South America, using 410bp D-loop (Control Region, Mitochondrial DNA) sequences and 15 nuclear microsatellite loci. This multi-locus approach was key to disentangle complex patterns of gene flow among populations. D-loop analyses revealed population...
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