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Colonization history, ecological shifts and diversification in the evolution of endemic Galápagos weevils.
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2008
Sequeira A S, Lanteri A A, Albelo L Roque, Bhattacharya S, Sijapati M
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial DNA sequence data were obtained for eight species of flightless Galapaganus endemic weevils and one winged close relative in order to study their colonization history and modes of diversification in the Galápagos Archipelago. Contrary to most other insular radiations, the phylogeny estimates we recovered for Galapaganus do not follow the progression rule of island biogeography. The penalized...
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