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Glacial survival and local adaptation in an alpine leaf beetle.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2007
Margraf Nicolas, Verdon Aline, Rahier Martine, Naisbit Russell E
Abstract excerpt
The challenge in defining conservation units so that they represent evolutionary entities has been to combine both genetic properties and ecological significance. Here we make use of the complexity of the European Alps, with their genetic landscape shaped by geographical barriers and postglacial colonization, to examine the correlation between ecological and genetic divergence. Montane species, because of the...
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