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A genetic atlas for the butterflies of continental Canada and United States.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2024
D'Ercole Jacopo, Dapporto Leonardo, Opler Paul, Schmidt Christian B, Ho Chris, Menchetti Mattia, Zakharov Evgeny V, Burns John M, Hebert Paul D N
Abstract excerpt
Multi-locus genetic data for phylogeographic studies is generally limited in geographic and taxonomic scope as most studies only examine a few related species. The strong adoption of DNA barcoding has generated large datasets of mtDNA COI sequences. This work examines the butterfly fauna of Canada and United States based on 13,236 COI barcode records derived from 619 species. It compiles i) geographic maps...
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