It takes two to tango – Phylogeography, taxonomy and hybridization in grass snakes and dice snakes (Serpentes: Natricidae: Natrix natrix, N. tessellata)

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Abstract
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Introduction
Materials and Methods
- Sampling and laboratory procedures
- Mitochondrial DNA sequences and network analyses
- Microsatellite cluster analyses, inferring hybrid status and PCAs
- Inference of population-genetic parameters
Results
- Mitochondrial DNA
  - Haplotype networks for grass snakes (Natrix natrix)
  - Haplotype networks for dice snakes (Natrix tessellata)
  - Mean uncorrected p distances
  - Geographic distribution of mitochondrial lineages
- Nuclear genetic evidence
  - Interspecific hybridization and the status of Cypriot snakes
  - Genotypic structuring within Natrix natrix
  - Genotypic structuring within Natrix tessellata
Discussion
- Interspecific hybridization
- Status of Cypriot grass snakes
- Comparative phylogeographies of Natrix natrix and N. tessellata
- Taxonomic implications
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
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