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Phylogeography and demographic history of Lacerta lepida in the Iberian Peninsula: multiple refugia, range expansions and secondary contact zones.
BMC evolutionary biology - 17 Jun 2011
Miraldo Andreia, Hewitt Godfrey M, Paulo Octavio S, Emerson Brent C
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BACKGROUND: The Iberian Peninsula is recognized as an important refugial area for species survival and diversification during the climatic cycles of the Quaternary. Recent phylogeographic studies have revealed Iberia as a complex of multiple refugia. However, most of these studies have focused either on species with narrow distributions within the region or species groups that, although widely distributed,...
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