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Tracing an invasion: landbridges, refugia, and the phylogeography of the Neotropical rattlesnake (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalus durissus).
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2005
Wüster Wolfgang, Ferguson Julia E, Quijada-Mascareñas J Adrian, Pook Catharine E, Salomão Maria da Graça, Thorpe Roger S
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Abstract Pleistocene fragmentation of the Amazonian rainforest has been hypothesized to be a major cause of Neotropical speciation and diversity. However, the role and even the reality of Pleistocene forest refugia have attracted much scepticism. In Amazonia, previous phylogeographical studies have focused mostly on organisms found in the forests themselves, and generally found speciation events to have predated...
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