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Phylogeography in Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns, 1848) along Two Biogeographical Provinces in the Chilean Coast.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
González-Wevar Claudio A, Salinas Pilar, Hüne Mathias, Segovia Nicolás I, Vargas-Chacoff Luis, Astorga Marcela, Cañete Juan I, Poulin Elie
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Major geologic and climatic changes during the Quaternary exerted a major role in shaping past and contemporary distribution of genetic diversity and structure of aquatic organisms in southern South America. In fact, the northern glacial limit along the Pacific coast, an area of major environmental changes in terms of topography, currents, and water salinity, represents a major biogeographic transition for marine...
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