Genetic and morphological analyses reveal a complex biogeographic pattern in the endemic barbel populations of the southern Italian peninsula

Genetic and morphological analyses reveal a complex biogeographic pattern in the endemic barbel populations of the southern Italian peninsula

Abstract The Italian peninsula is a biodiversity hotspot, with its freshwater fish fauna characterized by high levels of local endemism. Two endemic fluvio‐lacustrine fishes of the genus Barbus (barbel, family Cyprinidae) have allopatric distributions in the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic basins of Italy....

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Main Authors: Serena Zaccara, Silvia Quadroni, Vanessa De Santis, Isabella Vanetti, Antonella Carosi, Robert Britton, Massimo Lorenzoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-09-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
endemic barbels
hydrographic network
isolation
mitochondrial DNA
morphometric
southern Italy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5521

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5521

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