Loss of Mitochondrial Genetic Diversity despite Population Growth: The Legacy of Past Wolf Population Declines

Gray wolves (<i>Canis lupus</i>) in the Iberian Peninsula declined substantially in both range and population size in the last few centuries due to human persecution and habitat fragmentation. However, unlike many other western European populations, gray wolves never went extinct in Iber...

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Main Authors: Isabel Salado, Michaela Preick, Natividad Lupiáñez-Corpas, Alberto Fernández-Gil, Carles Vilà, Michael Hofreiter, Jennifer A. Leonard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Genes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/14/1/75