The subspecies concept in butterflies: has its application in taxonomy and conservation biology outlived its usefulness?

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2012

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Braby, Michael
Eastwood, Rod
Murray, Neil

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Linnean Society of London

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Subspecies lie at the interface between systematics and population genetics, and represent a unit of biological organization in zoology that is widely used in the disciplines of taxonomy and conservation biology. In this review, we explore the utility of

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Keywords: adaptive radiation; allopatry; biodiversity; butterfly; conservation genetics; divergence; genetic drift; genetic structure; genetic variation; geographical variation; hybrid; introgression; morphology; natural selection; species concept; subspecies; taxo Biological species concept; Conservation genetics; Geographical variation; Hybrid population; Introgression; Phylogenetic species concept

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/64759

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Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

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10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01909.x

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2037-12-31

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