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Human-mediated secondary contact of two tortoise lineages results in sex-biased introgression.
Scientific reports - 22 Jun 2017
Graciá Eva, Rodríguez-Caro Roberto C, Andreu Ana C, Fritz Uwe, Giménez Andrés, Botella Francisco
Abstract excerpt
Human-mediated secondary contact of recently diverged taxa offers valuable opportunities for studying the evolutionary mechanisms involved in the establishment and maintenance of genetic boundaries between taxa. We used mitochondrial and microsatellite markers to examine a recently introduced population of the spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) of mixed origin in the Doñana National Park (SW Spain). The...
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