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Mitochondrial Phylogeography Illuminates the Origin of the Extinct Caspian Tiger and Its Relationship to the Amur Tiger

The Caspian tiger (Panthera tigris virgata) flourished in Central Asian riverine forest systems in a range disjunct from that of other tigers, but was driven to extinction in 1970 prior to a modern molecular evaluation. For over a century naturalists puzzled over the taxonomic validity, placement, a...

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Autores principales: Driscoll, Carlos A., Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki, Bar-Gal, Gila Kahila, Roca, Alfred L., Luo, Shujin, Macdonald, David W., O'Brien, Stephen J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2624500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19142238
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004125