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Influence of environmental heterogeneity on the distribution and persistence of a subterranean rodent in a highly unstable landscape.
Genetica - 1 Dec 2016
Gómez Fernández María Jimena, Boston Emma S M, Gaggiotti Oscar E, Kittlein Marcelo J, Mirol Patricia M
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In this study we combine information from landscape characteristics, demographic inference and species distribution modelling to identify environmental factors that shape the genetic distribution of the fossorial rodent Ctenomys. We sequenced the mtDNA control region and amplified 12 microsatellites from 27 populations distributed across the Iberá wetland ecosystem. Hierarchical Bayesian modelling was used to...
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