The Ventura Freeway slices through wildlife habitat near Los Angeles. A case study shows how large highways such as this can seriously impede genetic exchange in large vertebrates.
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Strasburg, J. Roads and genetic connectivity. Nature 440, 875–876 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/440875a
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