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SUBMITTER: Hofman CA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4340941 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hofman Courtney A CA Rick Torben C TC Hawkins Melissa T R MT Funk W Chris WC Ralls Katherine K Boser Christina L CL Collins Paul W PW Coonan Tim T King Julie L JL Morrison Scott A SA Newsome Seth D SD Sillett T Scott TS Fleischer Robert C RC Maldonado Jesus E JE
PloS one 20150225 2
Island endemics are typically differentiated from their mainland progenitors in behavior, morphology, and genetics, often resulting from long-term evolutionary change. To examine mechanisms for the origins of island endemism, we present a phylogeographic analysis of whole mitochondrial genomes from the endangered island fox (Urocyon littoralis), endemic to California's Channel Islands, and mainland gray foxes (U. cinereoargenteus). Previous genetic studies suggested that foxes first appeared on ...[more]