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The evolution of a highly speciose group in a changing environment: are we witnessing speciation in the Iberá wetlands?
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2012
Fernández Maria Jimena Gómez, Gaggiotti Oscar E, Mirol Patricia
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Delimiting species is very conflicting in the case of very young taxa that are in the process of diversification, and even more difficult if the species inhabit a heterogeneous environment. In this case, even population delimitation is controversial. The South American genus of subterranean rodents Ctenomys is highly speciose, with 62 species that appeared in the lapse of 3 Myr. Within the genus, the 'perrensi'...
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