Implications of Hybridization, NUMTs, and Overlooked Diversity for DNA Barcoding of Eurasian Ground Squirrels

• Oleg A. Ermakov ,

  * E-mail: oaermakov@list.ru

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Zoology and Ecology, Penza State University, Penza, Russia

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• Evgeniy Simonov ,

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia

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• Vadim L. Surin,

  Affiliation Hematological Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia

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• Sergey V. Titov,

  Affiliation Department of Zoology and Ecology, Penza State University, Penza, Russia

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• Oleg V. Brandler,

  Affiliation Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

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• Natalia V. Ivanova,

  Affiliation Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

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• Alex V. Borisenko

  Affiliation Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

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