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The Strait of Gibraltar as a major biogeographic barrier in Mediterranean conifers: a comparative phylogeographic survey.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2010
Jaramillo-Correa J P, Grivet D, Terrab A, Kurt Y, De-Lucas A I, Wahid N, Vendramin G G, González-Martínez S C
Abstract excerpt
The Strait of Gibraltar (SG) is reputed for being both a bridge and a geographic barrier to biological exchanges between Europe and Africa. Major genetic breaks associated with this strait have been identified in various taxa, but it is unknown whether these disjunctions have been produced simultaneously or by independent biogeographic processes. Here, the genetic structure of five conifers distributed on both...
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