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Phylogeography of subterranean and surface populations of water lice Asellus aquaticus (Crustacea: Isopoda).
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2004
Verovnik R, Sket B, Trontelj P
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The water louse Asellus aquaticus is a widespread, euryoecious species, mostly uniform throughout its range. However, six subspecies are known from the Dinaric karst in the northwestern Balkans. They include some specialized subterranean populations. The pattern of genetic variation among subterranean and surface populations in this hydrographically highly fragmented karst region was investigated using a 653 bp...
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