Patterns of genetic differentiation in Thamnophis and Taricha from the Pacific Northwest
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Genetic subdivision among populations plays a central role in the geographic mosaic theory of co-evolution (Thompson, 1994, 1999a,b; Burdon & Thrall, 1999; Nuismer et al., 1999; Gomulkiewicz et al., 2000). Co-evolution is a process that occurs across a complex geographic landscape, and co-evolutionary interactions are not equivalent across the Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-3700, Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5305, Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4328, USA
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