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The impact of Pleistocene glaciation across the range of a widespread European coastal species.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2010
Wilson Anthony B, Eigenmann Veraguth Iris
Abstract excerpt
There is a growing consensus that much of the contemporary phylogeography of northern hemisphere coastal taxa reflects the impact of Pleistocene glaciation, when glaciers covered much of the coastline at higher latitudes and sea levels dropped by as much as 150 m. The genetic signature of postglacial recolonization has been detected in many marine species, but the effects of coastal glaciation are not ubiquitous,...
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