Indication of ongoing amphipod speciation in Lake Baikal by genetic structures within endemic species

Abstract Background The ancient Lake Baikal is characterized by an outstanding diversity of endemic faunas with more than 350 amphipod species and subspecies. We determined the genetic diversity within the endemic littoral amphipod species Eulimnogammarus verrucosus, E. cyaneus and E. vittatus and i...

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Main Authors: Anton Gurkov, Lorena Rivarola-Duarte, Daria Bedulina, Irene Fernández Casas, Hendrik Michael, Polina Drozdova, Anna Nazarova, Ekaterina Govorukhina, Maxim Timofeyev, Peter F. Stadler, Till Luckenbach
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-019-1470-8