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A molecular phylogeny of the Sierra-Finches (Phrygilus, Passeriformes): extreme polyphyly in a group of Andean specialists.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Nov 2011
Campagna Leonardo, Geale Kathryn, Handford Paul, Lijtmaer Darío A, Tubaro Pablo L, Lougheed Stephen C
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The unparalleled avian diversity of the Neotropics has long been argued to be in large part the evolutionary consequence of the incredible habitat diversity and rugged topography of the Andes mountains. Various scenarios have been proposed to explain how the Andean context could have generated lineage diversification (e.g. vicariant speciation or parapatric speciation across vertical ecological gradients), yet...
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