Molecular biogeography of Europe: Pleistocene cycles and postglacial trends

The climatic cycles with subsequent glacial and intergalcial periods have had a great impact on the distribution and evolution of species. Using genetic analytical tools considerably increased our understanding of these processes. In this review I therefore give an overview of the molecular biogeogr...

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Published in:Frontiers in Zoology
Main Author: Schmitt, Thomas
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Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2007
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Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1868914
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17439649
https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-4-11
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spelling ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:1868914 2023-05-15T14:49:52+02:00 Molecular biogeography of Europe: Pleistocene cycles and postglacial trends Schmitt, Thomas 2007-04-17 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1868914 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17439649 https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-4-11 en eng BioMed Central http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1868914 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17439649 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-4-11 Copyright © 2007 Schmitt; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC-BY Review Text 2007 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-4-11 2013-08-31T20:58:25Z The climatic cycles with subsequent glacial and intergalcial periods have had a great impact on the distribution and evolution of species. Using genetic analytical tools considerably increased our understanding of these processes. In this review I therefore give an overview of the molecular biogeography of Europe. For means of simplification, I distinguish between three major biogeographical entities: (i) "Mediterranean" with Mediterranean differentiation and dispersal centres, (ii) "Continental" with extra-Mediterranean centres and (iii) "Alpine" and/or "Arctic" with recent alpine and/or arctic distribution patterns. These different molecular biogeographical patterns are presented using actual examples. Text Arctic PubMed Central (PMC) Arctic Frontiers in Zoology 4 1 11
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