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Phylogeography and postglacial expansion of the endangered semi-aquatic mammal Galemys pyrenaicus.
BMC evolutionary biology - 6 Jun 2013
Igea Javier, Aymerich Pere, Fernández-González Angel, González-Esteban Jorge, Gómez Asunción, Alonso Rocío, Gosálbez Joaquim, Castresana Jose
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Species with strict ecological requirements may provide new insights into the forces that shaped the geographic variation of genetic diversity. The Pyrenean desman, Galemys pyrenaicus, is a small semi-aquatic mammal that inhabits clean streams of the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula and is endangered in most of its geographic range, but its genetic structure is currently unknown. While the...
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