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Gene flow between two giant hairy scorpions (Hadrurus arizonensis and H. spadix)

Garrett Brady Hughes, Budgernaut@hotmail.com and Keith A. Crandall, keith_crandall@byu.edu. Brigham Young University, Department of Integrative Biology, 325 MLBM, Provo, UT

The two giant hairy scorpions Hadrurus arizonensis and Hadrurus spadix share a geographic region in southern Utah. Specimens were obtained and mitochondrial DNA was sequenced to see if gene flow exists between these morphologically similar species.


Species 1: Scorpiones Iuridae Hadrurus spadix (black hairy scorpion, giant hairy scorpion)
Species 2: Scorpiones Iuridae Hadrurus arizonensis (desert hairy scorpion, giant hairy scorpion)

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