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Findings could justify greater protections for minks in Everglades

Their fur might feel the same, but a mink in the Everglades is not the same as a mink from northern Florida, researchers from the University of Connecticut and Central Connecticut State University report in the April 20 issue of Nature Heredity, which also ran a podcast discussing the research. The...

Findings could justify greater protections for minks in Everglades
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Their fur might feel the same, but a mink in the Everglades is not the same as a mink from northern Florida, researchers from the University of Connecticut and Central Connecticut State University report in the April 20 issue of Nature Heredity, which also ran a podcast discussing the research. The scientists' findings could justify greater protections for the Everglades mink.

Originally published at Phys.org

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