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>>Hi Tom,
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>>The study is posted at:
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>>http://www.usark.org/uploads/FloridaBurmGenetics.pdf
Thanks for posting that link.
I haven't read the whole paper yet, but I'm sure it'll be very interesting.
Here's the take-home message from the paper's summary: "The lack of genetic differentiation of most Burmese Pythons in ENP may indicate either a panmictic freely interbreeding population in the Park, or alternatively, limited genetic variation in the captive- bred populations that are the likely source of these snakes. "
Mostly, it just means that there don't seem to be genetically isolated populations of pythons within the park.
I'll try to read the rest of the paper tonight or tomorrow. ----- ----
0.1 Peruvian rainbow boa (Amaru)
2.0 Brazilian rainbow boas (TBA)
0.3 Honduran milksnakes (Chicchan, Chanir, Hari)
1.0 Thayeri kingsnake (TBA)
2.7 corns (Cetto, Tolosa, TBA)
1,000,000.1,000,000 other critters
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