Low level of genetic divergence between Harpagifer fish species (Perciformes: Notothenioidei) suggests a Quaternary colonization of Patagonia from the Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Hüne, Mathias, González Wevar, Claudio, Poulin, Elie, Mansilla, Andrés, Fernández, Daniel A., Barrera Oro, Esteban
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: ANTARCTIC POLAR FRONT; GREAT PATAGONIAN GLACIATION; LONG-DISTANCE DISPERSAL; MTDNA CONTROL REGION; SOUTHERN OCEAN; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Patagonia; Magallanes; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/99340

The evolution of the marine benthic fauna of Antarctica has been shaped by geological and climatic atmospheric factors such as the geographic isolation of the continent and the subsequent installation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). Despite this isolation process, strong biogeographic li...