Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the microbivalve kidderia subquadrata, reveals new data from West Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Levicoy, Daniela, Flores, Kamila, Rosenfeld Sekulovic, Sebastián Alejandro, Cárdenas, Leyla
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature 2021
• Subjects: Last glacial maximum; South Shetland islands; Drake passage; Population-structure; Laternula-elliptica; Cryptic speciation; Nacella-concinna; Ocean barriers; DNA-sequence; Polar front; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Drake Passage; Inach; Nacella; Rocky Island; South Shetland Islands; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; antartic*; Instituto Antartico Chileno
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85042-7; https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/182701

It is well established that Antarctic biodiversity has been strongly influenced by rapid climatic fluctuations during the Quaternary. Marine invertebrates from Antarctica constitute an interesting lens through which to study the impacts of the last glacial periods as glaciation impacted the distribu...