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Speciation and phylogeography of Hawaiian terrestrial arthropods.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 1998
Roderick G K, Gillespie R G
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The Hawaiian archipelago is arguably the world's finest natural laboratory for the study of evolution and patterns of speciation. Arthropods comprise over 75% of the endemic biota of the Hawaiian Islands and a large proportion belongs to species radiations. We classify patterns of speciation within Hawaiian arthropod lineages into three categories: (i) single representatives of a lineage throughout the islands;...
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