Hidden levels of phylodiversity in Antarctic green algae: further evidence for the existence of glacial refugia

Recent data revealed that metazoans such as mites and springtails have persisted in Antarctica throughout several glacial-interglacial cycles, which contradicts the existing paradigm that terrestrial life was wiped out by successive glacial events and that the current inhabitants are recent colonize...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Main Authors: De Wever, Aaike, Leliaert, Frédérik, Verleyen, Elie, Vanormelingen, Pieter, Van Der Gucht, Katleen, Hodgson, Dominic A, Sabbe, Koen, Vyverman, Wim
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Biology and Life Sciences
MICROBIAL MATS
ABSOLUTE RATES
DIVERGENCE TIMES
EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION
FRESH-WATER
LARSEMANN HILLS
MOLECULAR CLOCK
EAST ANTARCTICA
MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS
SOUTHERN VICTORIA LAND
molecular phylogeny
green algae
glacial refugia
endemism
Antarctica
biogeography
Antarctic
East Antarctica
Victoria Land
Drake Passage
McMurdo Dry Valleys
Larsemann Hills
Antarc*
Online Access:https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/767281
http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-767281
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0994
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/767281/file/767282

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