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Frank T. Burbrink, M. Gehara, A. D. McKelvy, E. A. Myers: Resolving spatial complexities of hybridization in the context of the gray zone of speciation in North American ratsnakes (Pantherophis obsoletus complex). In: Evolution, Band 75, Nr. 2, 2021, S. 260–277 (PDF).
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