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Dynamic range expansion leads to establishment of a new, genetically distinct wolf population in Central Europe.
Scientific reports - 12 Dec 2019
Szewczyk Maciej, Nowak Sabina, Niedźwiecka Natalia, Hulva Pavel, Špinkytė-Bačkaitienė Renata, Demjanovičová Klára, Bolfíková Barbora Černá, Antal Vladimír, Fenchuk Viktar, Figura Michał, Tomczak Patrycja, Stachyra Przemysław, Stępniak Kinga M, Zwijacz-Kozica Tomasz, Mysłajek Robert W
Abstract excerpt
Local extinction and recolonization events can shape genetic structure of subdivided animal populations. The gray wolf (Canis lupus) was extirpated from most of Europe, but recently recolonized big part of its historical range. An exceptionally dynamic expansion of wolf population is observed in the western part of the Great European Plain. Nonetheless, genetic consequences of this process have not yet been fully...
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