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Gone with the currents: lack of genetic differentiation at the circum-continental scale in the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba.
BMC genetics - 12 Apr 2011
Bortolotto Erica, Bucklin Ann, Mezzavilla Massimo, Zane Lorenzo, Patarnello Tomaso
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BACKGROUND: Southern Ocean fauna represent a significant amount of global biodiversity, whose origin may be linked to glacial cycles determining local extinction/eradication with ice advance, survival of refugee populations and post-glacial re-colonization. This pattern implies high potential for differentiation in benthic shelf species with limited dispersal, yet consequences for pelagic organisms are less...
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