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Evolving in the highlands: the case of the Neotropical Lerma live-bearing Poeciliopsis infans (Woolman, 1894) (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) in Central Mexico.
BMC evolutionary biology - 20 Apr 2018
Beltrán-López Rosa Gabriela, Domínguez-Domínguez Omar, Pérez-Rodríguez Rodolfo, Piller Kyle, Doadrio Ignacio
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BACKGROUND: Volcanic and tectonic activities in conjunction with Quaternary climate are the main events that shaped the geographical distribution of genetic variation of many lineages. Poeciliopsis infans is the only poeciliid species that was able to colonize the temperate highlands of central Mexico. We inferred the phylogenetic relationships, biogeographic history, and historical demography in the widespread...
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