Comparative phylogeography of African savannah ungulates1
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E. D. LORENZEN*†, R. HELLER‡ and H. R. SIEGISMUND‡ *Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, 1005 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA, †Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5–7, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark, ‡Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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