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The Zagros Mountains acting as a natural barrier to gene flow in the Middle East: more evidence from the evolutionary history of spiny-tailed lizards (Uromasticinae: Saara)

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Ghaedi, Zeinab, Badri, Sahar, Saberi-Pirooz, Reihaneh, Vaissi, Somaye, Javidkar, Mohammad, Ahmadzadeh, Faraham (2021): The Zagros Mountains acting as a natural barrier to gene flow in the Middle East: more evidence from the evolutionary history of spiny-tailed lizards (Uromasticinae: Saara). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192 (4): 1123-1136, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa113, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/192/4/1123/5959944

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