The genetic diversity and structure in the European polecat were not affected by the introduction of the American mink in Poland

• Begoña Martínez-Cruz ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: B.MartinezCruz@ljmu.ac.uk

  Current address: School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  Affiliation Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1268-6620

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• Hanna Zalewska,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland

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• Andrzej Zalewski

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland

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