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Movement patterns and genetic diversity of wild and reintroduced common dormice, Muscardinus avellanarius.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 10 Jan 2014
Naim D M, Telfer S, Tatman S, Bird S, Kemp S J, Watts P C
Abstract excerpt
Movement is an important life history trait that can have an impact on local adaptation, and other evolutionary phenomena. We used a combination of nestbox survey data and genetic techniques (genotyping at 10 microsatellite loci) to quantify patterns of movement in common dormice Muscardinus avellanarius at two distinct sites in the UK: 1) Bontuchel (a natural population) and 2) Wych (captive-bred individuals...
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