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Genetic population structure of invasive raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Hokkaido, Japan: Unique phenomenon caused by pet escape or abandonment

Phylogeographic studies can resolve relationships between genetic population structure of organisms and geographical distributions. Raccoons have become feral in Japan, and in Hokkaido island, they have been rapidly increasing in number and spreading since the 1970s. We analyzed mitochondrial (mtDNA...

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Autores principales: Okuyama, Minami W., Shimozuru, Michito, Nakai, Mariko, Yamaguchi, Emi, Fujii, Kei, Shimada, Ken-ichiro, Ikeda, Tohru, Tsubota, Toshio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7229193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32415152
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64526-y