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A comparative analysis of epigenetic variation has been performed in nine European populations and population groups of the American mink. It has been shown that differentiation of samples in nonmetric characters is due mainly to endogenous processes that have occurred in introduced populations in the course of colonization of new territory by the invasive species. Environmental factors have played a secondary role, with the influence of the geographic (latitudinal) origin of a given sample being considerable and stronger than that of macroclimatic factors.
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Original Russian Text © N.P. Korablev, M.P. Korablev, P.N. Korablev, I.L. Tumanov, 2016, published in Ekologiya, 2016, No. 3, pp. 221–228.
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Korablev, N.P., Korablev, M.P., Korablev, P.N. et al. Epigenetic variation in the American mink, Neovison vison, from eastern Europe: A search for factors of polymorphism. Russ J Ecol 47, 289–295 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413616030061
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