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Genomic diversity, evolutionary history, and species limits of the endemic Ethiopian laminate-toothed rats (genus Otomys, Rodentia: Muridae)

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  • 1. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
  • 2. Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic & Department of Biology and Institute of Mountain Research and Development, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia & Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
  • 3. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia & Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic & Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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Mizerovská, Daniela, Martynov, Aleksey A., Mikula, Ondřej, Bryjová, Anna, Meheretu, Yonas, Lavrenchenko, Leonid A., Bryja, Josef (2023): Genomic diversity, evolutionary history, and species limits of the endemic Ethiopian laminate-toothed rats (genus Otomys, Rodentia: Muridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 199 (4): 1059-1077, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad063, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad063

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