Rampant historical mitochondrial genome introgression between two species of green pond frogs, <it>Pelophylax nigromaculatus </it>and <it>P. plancyi</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Mitochondrial introgression may result in the mitochondrial genome of one species being replaced by that of another species without leaving any trace of past hybridization in its nuclear genome. Such introgression can confuse the spe...

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Main Authors: Min Mi-Sook, Tu Lihong, Chen Wei, Wang Fang, Liu Kui, Bi Ke, Fu Jinzhong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-06-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/201