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Post-glacial expansion and population genetic divergence of mangrove species Avicennia germinans (L.) Stearn and Rhizophora mangle L. along the Mexican coast.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Sandoval-Castro Eduardo, Dodd Richard S, Riosmena-Rodríguez Rafael, Enríquez-Paredes Luis Manuel, Tovilla-Hernández Cristian, López-Vivas Juan Manuel, Aguilar-May Bily, Muñiz-Salazar Raquel
Abstract excerpt
Mangrove forests in the Gulf of California, Mexico represent the northernmost populations along the Pacific coast and thus they are likely to be source populations for colonization at higher latitudes as climate becomes more favorable. Today, these populations are relatively small and fragmented and prior research has indicated that they are poor in genetic diversity. Here we set out to investigate whether the...
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