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Evaluating signatures of glacial refugia for North Atlantic benthic marine taxa.
Ecology - 1 Nov 2008
Maggs Christine A, Castilho Rita, Foltz David, Henzler Christy, Jolly Marc Taimour, Kelly John, Olsen Jeanine, Perez Kathryn E, Stam Wytze, Väinölä Risto, Viard Frédérique, Wares John
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A goal of phylogeography is to relate patterns of genetic differentiation to potential historical geographic isolating events. Quaternary glaciations, particularly the one culminating in the Last Glacial Maximum approximately 21 ka (thousands of years ago), greatly affected the distributions and population sizes of temperate marine species as their ranges retreated southward to escape ice sheets. Traditional...
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