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Intraspecific Phylogeography of Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) in the Central Rocky Mountain Region of North America

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We used variation in a portion of the mitochondrial DNA control region to examine phylogeography of Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, a boreal-adapted small mammal in the central Rocky Mountain region. AMOVA revealed that 65.66% of genetic diversity was attributable to variation within populations, 16.93% to variation among populations on different mountain ranges, and 17.41% to variation among populations within mountain ranges. Nested clade analysis revealed two major clades that likely diverged in allopatry during the Pleistocene: a southern clade from southern Colorado and a northern clade comprising northern Colorado, Wyoming, eastern Utah, and eastern Idaho. Historically restricted gene flow as a result of geographic barriers was indicated between populations on opposite sides of the Green River and Wyoming Basin and among populations in eastern Wyoming. In some instances genetic structure indicated isolation by distance.

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  1. Department of Biology, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, 73034, USA

    Gregory M. Wilson

  2. Department of Zoology and Collection of Vertebrates, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA

    Ronald A. Den Bussche & Karen McBee

  3. Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, 67601, USA

    Lacrecia A. Johnson

  4. Department of Biology, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO, 80217, USA

    Cheri A. Jones

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Wilson, G.M., Den Bussche, R.A., McBee, K. et al. Intraspecific Phylogeography of Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) in the Central Rocky Mountain Region of North America. Genetica 125, 141–154 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-005-5154-5

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