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Elucidating geological and biological processes underlying the diversification of Sulawesi tarsiers.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 May 2009
Merker Stefan, Driller Christine, Perwitasari-Farajallah Dyah, Pamungkas Joko, Zischler Hans
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Because of their exceptionally long independent evolution, a range diminution of their Eocene relatives, and a remarkable subsequent diversification in Southeast Asia, tarsiers are of particular importance to evolutionary primatologists. Little is known, however, on the processes shaping the radiation of these small enigmatic primates-especially on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, their center of endemism....
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