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Pleistocene divergence of Dinaric Drusus endemics (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae) in multiple microrefugia within the Balkan Peninsula.
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2009
Previsić Ana, Walton Catherine, Kucinić Mladen, Mitrikeski Petar T, Kerovec Mladen
Abstract excerpt
The Balkan Peninsula is one of three major European refugial areas. It has high biodiversity and endemism, but data on the age and origin of its fauna, especially endemics, are limited. Mitochondrial sequence data (COI and 16S genes) were used to study the population structure and phylogeography of the caddisfly Drusus croaticus and the phylogeny and divergence of seven other Drusus species, mostly...
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