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Barriers, rather than refugia, underlie the origin of diversity in toads endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2014
Thomé Maria Tereza C, Zamudio Kelly R, Haddad Célio F B, Alexandrino João
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we investigated the relative contribution of geographic barriers and Pleistocene refuges in the diversification of the Rhinella crucifer species complex, a group of endemic toads with a widespread distribution in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (AF). We used intensive sampling and multilocus DNA sequence data to compare nucleotide diversity between refuge and nonrefuge areas, investigate regional...
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