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The role of isolation on contrasting phylogeographic patterns in two cave crustaceans.
BMC evolutionary biology - 7 Dec 2017
Pérez-Moreno Jorge L, Balázs Gergely, Wilkins Blake, Herczeg Gábor, Bracken-Grissom Heather D
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BACKGROUND: The underlying mechanisms and processes that prompt the colonisation of extreme environments, such as caves, constitute major research themes of evolutionary biology and biospeleology. The special adaptations required to survive in subterranean environments (low food availability, hypoxic waters, permanent darkness), and the geographical isolation of caves, nominate cave biodiversity as ideal subjects...
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