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Phylogeography of the Rickett's big-footed bat, Myotis pilosus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): a novel pattern of genetic structure of bats in China.
BMC evolutionary biology - 5 Nov 2013
Lu Guanjun, Lin Aiqing, Luo Jinhong, Blondel Dimitri V, Meiklejohn Kelly A, Sun Keping, Feng Jiang
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BACKGROUND: China is characterized by complex topographic structure and dramatic palaeoclimatic changes, making species biogeography studies particularly interesting. Previous researchers have also demonstrated multiple species experienced complex population histories, meanwhile multiple shelters existed in Chinese mainland. Despite this, species phylogeography is still largely unexplored. In the present study,...
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