Historical connections among river basins and climatic changes explain the biogeographic history of a water rat
Background The water rat Nectomys squamipes (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) is a semiaquatic rodent from eastern South America that shows shallow genetic structure across space, according to some studies. We tested the influence of hydrography and climatic changes on the genetic and phylogeographic stru...
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PeerJ Inc.
2018-07-01
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/5333.pdf |