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Genetic and morphometric divergence of an invasive bird: the introduced house sparrow (Passer domesticus) in Brazil.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Lima Marcos R, Macedo Regina H F, Martins Thaís L F, Schrey Aaron W, Martin Lynn B, Bensch Staffan
Abstract excerpt
Introduced species are interesting systems for the study of contemporary evolution in new environments because of their spatial and temporal scales. For this study we had three aims: (i) to determine how genetic diversity and genetic differentiation of introduced populations of the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) in Brazil varies with range expansion, (ii) to determine how genetic diversity and differentiation...
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