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Phylogeographic and phenotypic divergence between two subspecies of Testudo graeca (T. g. buxtoni and T. g. zarudnyi) across their contact zone in Iran.
Scientific reports - 9 Aug 2022
Ranjbar Neda, Malekian Mansoureh, Ashrafzadeh Mohammad Reza, Hemami Mahmoud-Reza
Abstract excerpt
Contact zones are considered as windows into the evolutionary process, allowing identification of factors influencing the evolutionary forces. Here, we combined phylogenetic and morphometric analyses to explore the evolutionary process affecting the taxonomic pattern of two subspecies of Testudo graeca (T. g. buxtoni and T. g. zarudnyi) across their contact zone in Central Iran. Our results showed high levels of...
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