Invasion from the cold past: extensive introgression of mountain hare (<i>Lepus timidus</i>) mitochondrial DNA into three other hare species in northern Iberia

Melo‐Ferreira, José; Boursot, Pierre; Suchentrunk, Franz; Ferrand, Nuno; C. Alves, Paulo

doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.2005.02599.x

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Invasion from the cold past: extensive introgression of mountain hare (Lepus timidus) mitochondrial DNA into three other hare species in northern Iberia

Published in Molecular Ecology • May 13, 2005

Authors:

José Melo‐Ferreira

Pierre Boursot

Franz Suchentrunk

Abstract

Mitochondrial DNA introgression from Lepus timidus into Lepus granatensis and Lepus europaeus was recently reported in Iberia, although L. timidus presumably retreated from this region at the end of the last ice age. Here we assess the extent of this ancient mtDNA introgression by RFLP analysis of 6...

Subject

Introgression

Biology

Mitochondrial DNA

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