Molecular phylogeography of the asp viper Vipera aspis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Italy: Evidence for introgressive hybridization and mitochondrial DNA capture

Owing to its temperature dependence and low vagility, the asp viper ( Vipera aspis) is an interesting model species to study the effects of Pleistocene climatic fluctuations on vertebrate genomes. We genotyped 102 specimens from the whole Italian distribution range at three mitochondrial DNA regions...

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