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Global biogeography and evolution of Cuvierina pteropods.
BMC evolutionary biology - 12 Mar 2015
Burridge Alice K, Goetze Erica, Raes Niels, Huisman Jef, Peijnenburg Katja T C A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Shelled pteropods are planktonic gastropods that are potentially good indicators of the effects of ocean acidification. They also have high potential for the study of zooplankton evolution because they are metazoan plankton with a good fossil record. We investigated phenotypic and genetic variation in pteropods belonging to the genus Cuvierina in relation to their biogeographic distribution across the...
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