Historic hybridization and persistence of a novel mito-nuclear combination in red-backed voles (genus Myodes)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The role of hybridization in generating diversity in animals is an active area of discovery and debate. We assess hybridization across a contact zone of northern (<it>Myodes rutilus</it>) and southern (<it>M. gapper...

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Main Authors: Cook Joseph A, Matocq Marjorie D, Runck Amy M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-05-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/114