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Mitochondrial DNA regionalism and historical demography in the extant populations of Chirocephalus kerkyrensis (Branchiopoda: Anostraca).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Ketmaier Valerio, Marrone Federico, Alfonso Giuseppe, Paulus Kirsten, Wiemann Annika, Tiedemann Ralph, Mura Graziella
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BACKGROUND: Mediterranean temporary water bodies are important reservoirs of biodiversity and host a unique assemblage of diapausing aquatic invertebrates. These environments are currently vanishing because of increasing human pressure. Chirocephalus kerkyrensis is a fairy shrimp typical of temporary water bodies in Mediterranean plain forests and has undergone a substantial decline in number of populations in...
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