Phylogeography of the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus): Marked population structure, Neotropical Pleistocene vicariance and incongruence between nuclear and mtDNA markers
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The common vampire bat <it>Desmodus rotundus </it>is an excellent model organism for studying ecological vicariance in the Neotropics due to its broad geographic range and its preference for forested areas as roosting sit...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-12-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/294 |