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Contrasting genetic structure of rear edge and continuous range populations of a parasitic butterfly infected by Wolbachia.
BMC evolutionary biology - 18 Jan 2013
Patricelli Dario, Sielezniew Marcin, Ponikwicka-Tyszko Donata, Ratkiewicz Mirosław, Bonelli Simona, Barbero Francesca, Witek Magdalena, Buś Magdalena M, Rutkowski Robert, Balletto Emilio
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BACKGROUND: Climatic oscillations are among the long-term factors shaping the molecular features of animals and plants and it is generally supposed that the rear edges (i.e., the low-latitude limits of distribution of any given specialised species) situated closer to glacial refugia are vital long-term stores of genetic diversity. In the present study, we compared the genetic structure of several populations of...
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