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Unravelling the effects of contemporary and historical range expansion on the distribution of genetic diversity in the damselfly Coenagrion scitulum.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Apr 2014
Swaegers J, Mergeay J, Therry L, Bonte D, Larmuseau M H D, Stoks R
Abstract excerpt
Although genetic diversity provides the basic substrate for evolution, there are a limited number of studies that assess the impact of recent climate change on intraspecific genetic variation. This study aims to unravel the degree to which historical and contemporary factors shape genetic diversity and structure across a large part of the range of the range-expanding damselfly Coenagrion scitulum (Rambur, 1842)....
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