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A molecular phylogenetic study of two relict species of melanopline grasshoppers.
Genome - 1 Apr 2002
Chapco W, Litzenberger G
Abstract excerpt
Two species belonging to the large grasshopper genus Melanoplus, Melanoplus gaspesiensis and Melanoplus madeleineae, are thought to have survived in refugia in eastern Canada during the Wisconsin glaciation period and perhaps during earlier glacial episodes as well. It has been proposed that either Melanoplus borealis, which is widely distributed today, or its antecedent gave rise to the two relict species. Our...
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