Widespread introgression of mountain hare genes into Fennoscandian brown hare populations.

In Fennoscandia, mountain hare (Lepus timidus) and brown hare (Lepus europaeus) hybridize and produce fertile offspring, resulting in gene flow across the species barrier. Analyses of maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) show that introgression occur frequently, but unavailability of appro...

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Main Authors: Riikka Levänen, Carl-Gustaf Thulin, Göran Spong, Jaakko L O Pohjoismäki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5784980?pdf=render