Phylogenetic and coalescent analysis of three loci suggest that the Water Rail is divisible into two species, <it>Rallus aquaticus </it>and <it>R. indicus</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Water Rails (<it>Rallus aquaticus</it>) inhabit fragmented freshwater wetlands across their Palearctic distribution. Disjunct populations are now thought to be morphologically similar over their vast geographic range, tho...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-07-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/226 |