The Historical Speciation of Mauremys Sensu Lato: Ancestral Area Reconstruction and Interspecific Gene Flow Level Assessment Provide New Insights

Huaxing Zhou; Yuan Jiang; Liuwang Nie; Huazong Yin; Haifeng Li; Xianmei Dong; Feifei Zhao; Huanhuan Zhang; Youguang Pu; Zhenfeng Huang; Jiaolian Song; Entao Sun

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144711

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The Historical Speciation of Mauremys Sensu Lato: Ancestral Area Reconstruction and Interspecific Gene Flow Level Assessment Provide New Insights

Huaxing Zhou,

Affiliations The Provincial Key Lab of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui, Anhui, China, Life Science College, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
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Yuan Jiang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Liuwang Nie ,

* E-mail: lwnie@mail.ahnu.edu.cn

Affiliations The Provincial Key Lab of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui, Anhui, China, Life Science College, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
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Huazong Yin,

Affiliations The Provincial Key Lab of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui, Anhui, China, Life Science College, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
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Haifeng Li,

Affiliations The Provincial Key Lab of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui, Anhui, China, Life Science College, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
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Xianmei Dong,

Affiliation The Provincial Key Lab of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui, Anhui, China
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Feifei Zhao,

Affiliation The Provincial Key Lab of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui, Anhui, China
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Huanhuan Zhang,

Affiliations The Provincial Key Lab of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui, Anhui, China, Life Science College, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
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Youguang Pu,

Affiliation The Provincial Key Lab of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui, Anhui, China
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Zhenfeng Huang,

Affiliation The Provincial Key Lab of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui, Anhui, China
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Jiaolian Song,

Affiliation The Provincial Key Lab of the Conservation and Exploitation Research of Biological Resources in Anhui, Anhui, China
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Entao Sun

Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China
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The Historical Speciation of Mauremys Sensu Lato: Ancestral Area Reconstruction and Interspecific Gene Flow Level Assessment Provide New Insights

Huaxing Zhou,
Yuan Jiang,
Liuwang Nie,
Huazong Yin,
Haifeng Li,
Xianmei Dong,
Feifei Zhao,
Huanhuan Zhang,
Youguang Pu,
Zhenfeng Huang

Published: December 14, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144711

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