Evolution in caves: Darwin's 'wrecks of ancient life' in the molecular era

Cave animals have historically attracted the attention of evolutionary biologists because of their bizarre 'regressive' characters and convergent evolution. However, understanding of their biogeographic and evolutionary history, including mechanisms of speciation, has remained elusive. In...

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Published in:	Molecular ecology Vol. 19; no. 18; pp. 3865 - 3880
Main Authors:	Juan, Carlos, Guzik, Michelle T, Jaume, Damia, Cooper, Steven J.B
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-09-2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects:	Animals Biogeography cave animals Caves Cell Nucleus - genetics cryptic species DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics Ecology Ecosystem Evolution, Molecular Evolutionary biology Gene Flow Genetic Speciation Molecular biology Phylogeography Sequence Analysis, DNA speciation subterranean vicariance and dispersal
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