Colonization history and ancestry of northeastern coyotes.
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Recently Kays et al. (2010) reported on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence data and skull measurements to demonstrate a hybrid origin for northeastern coyotes. They suggested that, as western coyotes (Canis latrans) expanded their range in the last century, they colonized Ontario from Minnesota and hybridized with wolves, and subsequently colonized the northeastern United States via movement across the Saint-Lawrence River. We support the
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Biology letters
دوره 6 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010