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  1. Andrew P. Hendry

    Present address: Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program, 319 Morrill Science Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, 01003-5810, USA;

  2. Troy Day

    Present address: Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3G5

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4;

    Andrew P. Hendry

  2. Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4

    Steven M. Vamosi, Stephen J. Latham, Jana C. Heilbuth & Troy Day

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Hendry, A.P., Vamosi, S.M., Latham, S.J. et al. Questioning species realities. Conservation Genetics 1, 67–76 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010133721121

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