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Across the southern Andes on fin: glacial refugia, drainage reversals and a secondary contact zone revealed by the phylogeographical signal of Galaxias platei in Patagonia.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2008
Zemlak Tyler S, Habit Evelyn M, Walde Sandra J, Battini Miguel A, Adams Emily D M, Ruzzante Daniel E
Abstract excerpt
We employed DNA sequence variation at two mitochondrial (control region, COI) regions from 212 individuals of Galaxias platei (Pisces, Galaxiidae) collected throughout Patagonia (25 lakes/rivers) to examine how Andean orogeny and the climatic cycles throughout the Quaternary affected the genetic...
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