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Ancient climate change, antifreeze, and the evolutionary diversification of Antarctic fishes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 28 Feb 2012
Near Thomas J, Dornburg Alex, Kuhn Kristen L, Eastman Joseph T, Pennington Jillian N, Patarnello Tomaso, Zane Lorenzo, Fernández Daniel A, Jones Christopher D
Abstract excerpt
The Southern Ocean around Antarctica is among the most rapidly warming regions on Earth, but has experienced episodic climate change during the past 40 million years. It remains unclear how ancient periods of climate change have shaped Antarctic biodiversity. The origin of antifreeze glycoproteins (AFGPs) in Antarctic notothenioid fishes has become a classic example of how the evolution of a key innovation in...
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