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Phylogeography of endemic toads and post-Pliocene persistence of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jun 2010
Thomé Maria Tereza C, Zamudio Kelly R, Giovanelli João G R, Haddad Célio F B, Baldissera Flávio A, Alexandrino João
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The Plio-Pleistocene refugia hypothesis recently gained support in explaining Brazilian Atlantic Forest megadiversity from combined analyses of species paleodistributions and genetic diversity. Here we examine genetic differentiation and historical distributions in the Rhinella crucifer group of toads, endemic to and widely distributed within this biome. We analyzed sequences of mitochondrial (control region,...
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