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Open AccessGene duplication in an African cichlid adaptive radiation
Gene duplication is a source of evolutionary innovation and can contribute to the divergence of lineages; however, the relative importance of this process remains to be determined. The explosive divergence of ...
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Open AccessLow endemism, continued deep-shallow interchanges, and evidence for cosmopolitan distributions in free-living marine nematodes (order Enoplida)
Nematodes represent the most abundant benthic metazoa in one of the largest habitats on earth, the deep sea. Characterizing major patterns of biodiversity within this dominant group is a critical step towards ...
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Open AccessMoving towards a complete molecular framework of the Nematoda: a focus on the Enoplida and early-branching clades
The subclass Enoplia (Phylum Nematoda) is purported to be the earliest branching clade amongst all nematode taxa, yet the deep phylogeny of this important lineage remains elusive. Free-living marine species wi...
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Open AccessGenetic tests of ancient asexuality in Root Knot Nematodes reveal recent hybrid origins
The existence of "ancient asexuals", taxa that have persisted for long periods of evolutionary history without sexual recombination, is both controversial and important for our understanding of the evolution a...
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Open AccessGlobal isolation by distance despite strong regional phylogeography in a small metazoan
Small vagile eukaryotic organisms, which comprise a large proportion of the Earth's biodiversity, have traditionally been thought to lack the extent of population structuring and geographic speciation observed...
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Refugia within Refugia: Patterns of Phylogeographic Concordance in the Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula was one of the most important Pleistocene glacial refugia in Europe. A number of recent studies have documented the phylogeography of Iberian taxa and their relationship to more widely di...
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Behavioural Reproductive Isolation in a Rotifer Hybrid Zone
A hybrid zone between two Brachionus plicatilis rotifer mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lineages was recently described in the Iberian Peninsula between a pond (Santed 2) and a lake (Gallocanta). The patterns of mitoch...
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An extant cichlid fish radiation emerged in an extinct Pleistocene lake
Cichlid fish in the African Great Lakes are the most spectacular examples of explosive speciation and ecological diversification known, but these lake radiations are often seen as of little relevance to biodiv...
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Behavioural reproductive isolation in a rotifer hybrid zone
A hybrid zone between two Brachionus plicatilis rotifer mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lineages was recently described in the Iberian Peninsula between a pond (Santed 2) and a lake (Gallocanta). The patterns of mitoch...
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mtDNA phylogeography and postglacial patterns of subdivision in the meadow grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
A 300 bp portion of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene was used to investigate the intraspecific genetic structure of the European meadow grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus. Levels of genet...
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Animal mitochondrial DNA recombination
