Microsatellite sequencing reveals cryptic landscape patterns in European hedgehogs

• Published in: Journal of Vertebrate Biology Vol. 74; no. 25012; pp. 25012.1 - 14
• Main Authors: Loudová, Miroslava, Eliášová, Kristýna, Curto, Manuel, Baránková, Lucie, Meimberg, Harald, Hulva, Pavel, Bolfíková, Barbora Černá
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 22.07.2025
• Subjects: barriers; Erinaceus; gene flow; next-generation sequencing; population genetics; RESEARCH PAPER; secondary contact zone

Understanding genetic population structure and the factors influencing it is fundamental to evolutionary biology and conservation. Hedgehogs in the Western Palearctic provide a model for studying these processes, as their distribution has been shaped by Pleistocene climatic oscillations and recent a...