Response to Valenzuela-Galvan et al. 2023: It is not necessary to “create” a new species for the sake of conservation: the case of the Cozumel’s coati

Authors

  • Manuel Ruiz-García Laboratorio de Genética de Poblaciones Molecular-Biología Evolutiva, Departamento de Biología http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2820-2950
  • Maria Fernanda Jaramillo Laboratorio de Genética de Poblaciones Molecular-Biología Evolutiva, Departamento de Biología
  • Joseph Mark Shostell Math, Science and Technology Department, University of Minnesota

Keywords:

Letter to editor

Abstract

Letter to the Editor

Author Biography

Manuel Ruiz-García, Laboratorio de Genética de Poblaciones Molecular-Biología Evolutiva, Departamento de Biología

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