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Phylogeography and spatial structure of the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris, Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) in South America.
Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis - 1 Jul 2016
Ruiz-García Manuel, Vásquez Catalina, Sandoval Sergio, Kaston Franz, Luengas-Villamil Kelly, Shostell Joseph Mark
Abstract excerpt
We sequenced the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene of 141 lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) - representing the largest geographical distribution sample of this species studied across of South America to date. We compare our new data regard to two previous works on population structure and molecular systematics of T. terrestris. Our data agree with the Thoisy et al.'s work in (1) the Northern Western Amazon basin...
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