Slender salamanders (genus Batrachoseps) reveal Southern California to be a center for the diversification, persistence, and introduction of salamander lineages
Background The southern California biodiversity hotspot has had a complex geological history, with both plate tectonic forces and sea level changes repeatedly reconfiguring the region, and likely driving both lineage splittings and extinctions. Here we investigate patterns of genetic divergence in t...
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| Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2020-08-01
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| Series: | PeerJ |
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/9599.pdf |