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SUBMITTER: Taylor RS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9293238 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Taylor Rebecca S RS Manseau Micheline M Klütsch Cornelya F C CFC Polfus Jean L JL Steedman Audrey A Hervieux Dave D Kelly Allicia A Larter Nicholas C NC Gamberg Mary M Schwantje Helen H Wilson Paul J PJ
Molecular ecology 20210917 23
Pleistocene glacial cycles influenced the diversification of high-latitude wildlife species through recurrent periods of range contraction, isolation, divergence, and expansion from refugia and subsequent admixture of refugial populations. We investigate population size changes and the introgressive history of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in western Canada using 33 whole genome sequences coupled with larger-scale mitochondrial data. We found that a major population expansion of caribou occurred s ...[more]