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Quaternary history and contemporary patterns in a currently expanding species.
BMC evolutionary biology - 4 Sept 2009
Kerdelhué Carole, Zane Lorenzo, Simonato Mauro, Salvato Paola, Rousselet Jérôme, Roques Alain, Battisti Andrea
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BACKGROUND: Quaternary climatic oscillations had dramatic effects on species evolution. In northern latitudes, populations had to survive the coldest periods in refugial areas and recurrently colonized northern regions during interglacials. Such a history usually results in a loss of genetic diversity. Populations that did not experience glaciations, in contrast, probably maintained most of their ancestral...
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