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Phylogeography and pleistocene evolution in the North American black bear.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Nov 1997
Wooding S, Ward R
Abstract excerpt
To determine the extent of phylogeographic structuring in North American black bear (Ursus americanus) populations, we examined mitochondrial DNA sequences (n = 118) and restriction fragment length polymorphism profiles (n = 258) in individuals from 16 localities. Among the bears examined, 19 lineages falling into two highly divergent clades were identified. The clades differ at 5.0% of nucleotide positions, a...
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