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Strong genetic structure corresponds to small-scale geographic breaks in the Australian alpine grasshopper Kosciuscola tristis.
BMC evolutionary biology - 2 Oct 2014
Slatyer Rachel A, Nash Michael A, Miller Adam D, Endo Yoshinori, Umbers Kate D L, Hoffmann Ary A
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BACKGROUND: Mountain landscapes are topographically complex, creating discontinuous 'islands' of alpine and sub-alpine habitat with a dynamic history. Changing climatic conditions drive their expansion and contraction, leaving signatures on the genetic structure of their flora and fauna. Australia's high country covers a small, highly fragmented area. Although the area is thought to have experienced periods of...
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