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Geography and past climate changes have shaped the evolution of a widespread lizard from the Chilean hotspot.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Nov 2017
Muñoz-Mendoza Carla, D'Elía Guillermo, Panzera Alejandra, Méndez T Marco A, Villalobos-Leiva Amado, Sites Jack W, Victoriano Pedro F
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The complex orogenic history and structure of Southern South America, coupled with Pleistocene glacial cycles, have generated paleoclimatic and environmental changes that influenced the spatial distribution and genetic composition of natural populations. Despite the increased number of phylogeographic studies in this region and given the frequent idiosyncratic phylogeographic patterns, there is still the need to...
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