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Widespread introgression of mountain hare genes into Fennoscandian brown hare populations

In Fennoscandia, mountain hare (Lepus timidus) and brown hare (Lepus europaeus) hybridize and produce fertile offspring, resulting in gene flow across the species barrier. Analyses of maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) show that introgression occur frequently, but unavailability of appro...

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Autores principales: Levänen, Riikka, Thulin, Carl-Gustaf, Spong, Göran, Pohjoismäki, Jaakko L. O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5784980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29370301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191790

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