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Were sea level changes during the Pleistocene in the South Atlantic Coastal Plain a driver of speciation in Petunia (Solanaceae)?
BMC evolutionary biology - 20 May 2015
Ramos-Fregonezi Aline M C, Fregonezi Jeferson N, Cybis Gabriela B, Fagundes Nelson J R, Bonatto Sandro L, Freitas Loreta B
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BACKGROUND: Quaternary climatic changes led to variations in sea level and these variations played a significant role in the generation of marine terrace deposits in the South Atlantic Coastal Plain. The main consequence of the increase in sea level was local extinction or population displacement, such that coastal species would be found around the new coastline. Our main goal was to investigate the effects of...
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