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Persistence, isolation and diversification of a naturally fragmented species in local refugia: the case of Hydromantes strinatii.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Cimmaruta Roberta, Lucente Daniela, Nascetti Giuseppe
Abstract excerpt
The study of the European plethodontid salamander Hydromantes strinatii using allozyme and mitochondrial markers showed a strong geographical genetic structure. This was likely the outcome of different evolutionary mechanisms leaving their signature despite the effects of the genetic drift due to the low population size typical of this species. Two highly divergent clades were identified in the eastern and...
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