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Neogene climatic oscillations shape the biogeography and evolutionary history of the Eurasian blindsnake.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Mar 2012
Kornilios P, Ilgaz Ç, Kumlutaş Y, Lymberakis P, Moravec J, Sindaco R, Rastegar-Pouyani N, Afroosheh M, Giokas S, Fraguedakis-Tsolis S, Chondropoulos B
Abstract excerpt
Typhlops vermicularis is the only extant scolecophidian representative occurring in Europe. Its main distribution area, the eastern Mediterranean, has a complicated geological and climatic history that has left an imprint on the phylogenies and biogeography of many taxa, especially amphibians and reptiles. Since reptiles are sensitive indicators of palaeogeographical and palaeoclimatic events, we investigated the...
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