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Cryptic genetic diversity, population structure, and gene flow in the Mojave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus).
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Oct 2018
Schield Drew R, Adams Richard H, Card Daren C, Corbin Andrew B, Jezkova Tereza, Hales Nicole R, Meik Jesse M, Perry Blair W, Spencer Carol L, Smith Lydia L, García Gustavo Campillo, Bouzid Nassima M, Strickland Jason L, Parkinson Christopher L, Borja Miguel, Castañeda-Gaytán Gamaliel, Bryson Robert W, Flores-Villela Oscar A, Mackessy Stephen P, Castoe Todd A
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The Mojave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus) inhabits deserts and arid grasslands of the western United States and Mexico. Despite considerable interest in its highly toxic venom and the recognition of two subspecies, no molecular studies have characterized range-wide genetic diversity and population structure or tested species limits within C. scutulatus. We used mitochondrial DNA and thousands of nuclear loci...
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