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Differentiation of movement behaviour in an adaptively diverging salamander population.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2017
Hendrix Ralf, Schmidt Benedikt R, Schaub Michael, Krause E Tobias, Steinfartz Sebastian
Abstract excerpt
Dispersal is considered to be a species-specific trait, but intraspecific variation can be high. However, when and how this complex trait starts to differentiate during the divergence of species/lineages is unknown. Here, we studied the differentiation of movement behaviour in a large salamander population (Salamandra salamandra), in which individual adaptations to different habitat conditions drive the genetic...
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