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Testing Taxon Tenacity of Tortoises: evidence for a geographical selection gradient at a secondary contact zone

We examined a secondary contact zone between two species of desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii and G. morafkai. The taxa were isolated from a common ancestor during the formation of the Colorado River (4–8 mya) and are a classic example of allopatric speciation. However, an anomalous population of...

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Autores principales: Edwards, Taylor, Berry, Kristin H, Inman, Richard D, Esque, Todd C, Nussear, Kenneth E, Jones, Cristina A, Culver, Melanie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4449762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26045959
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1500