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Late cenozoic history of the genus Micromys (mammalia, rodentia) in Central Europe.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Horáček Ivan, Knitlová Markéta, Wagner Jan, Kordos László, Nadachowski Adam
Abstract excerpt
Molecular phylogeography suggests that Micromys minutus, the sole extant species of the genus, colonized its extensive range quite recently, during the Late Pleistocene-Holocene period. Rich Pliocene and Pleistocene fossil records both from Europe and China suggest rather continuous and gradual in situ phenotype rearrangements from the Pliocene to the Recent periods. To elucidate the discrepancy we reexamined a...
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