Signatures of seaway closures and founder dispersal in the phylogeny of a circumglobally distributed seahorse lineage

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The importance of vicariance events on the establishment of phylogeographic patterns in the marine environment is well documented, and generally accepted as an important cause of cladogenesis. Founder dispersal (i.e. long-distance di...

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Main Authors: Matthee Conrad A, Hamilton Healy, Teske Peter R, Barker Nigel P
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-08-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/138