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Phylogeography of the Central American lancehead Bothrops asper (SERPENTES: VIPERIDAE).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Saldarriaga-Córdoba Mónica, Parkinson Christopher L, Daza Juan M, Wüster Wolfgang, Sasa Mahmood
Abstract excerpt
The uplift and final connection of the Central American land bridge is considered the major event that allowed biotic exchange between vertebrate lineages of northern and southern origin in the New World. However, given the complex tectonics that shaped Middle America, there is still substantial controversy over details of this geographical reconnection, and its role in determining biogeographic patterns in the...
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