From Africa to Europe and back: refugia and range shifts cause high genetic differentiation in the Marbled White butterfly <it>Melanargia galathea</it>

From Africa to Europe and back: refugia and range shifts cause high genetic differentiation in the Marbled White butterfly <it>Melanargia galathea</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The glacial-interglacial oscillations caused severe range modifications of biota. Thermophilic species became extinct in the North and survived in southern retreats, e.g. the Mediterranean Basin. These repeated extinction and (re)col...

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Main Authors: Rödder Dennis, Lens Luc, Habel Jan C, Schmitt Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-07-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
climatic oscillations
barriers
phylogeography
<it>Melanargia galathea</it>
<it>Melanargia lachesis</it>
allozyme electrophoresis
climate envelope modelling
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/215

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