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Two behavioural traits promote fine-scale species segregation and moderate hybridisation in a recovering sympatric fur seal population

BACKGROUND: In systems where two or more species experience secondary contact, behavioural factors that regulate interspecific gene flow may be important for maintaining species boundaries and reducing the incidence of hybridisation. At subantarctic Macquarie Island, two species of fur seal breed in...

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Autores principales: Lancaster, Melanie L, Goldsworthy, Simon D, Sunnucks, Paul
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2885394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20470387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-143