Historical factors that have shaped the evolution of tropical reef fishes: A review of phylogenies, biogeography, and remaining questions.

Biodiversity patterns across the marine tropics have intrigued evolutionary biologists and ecologists alike. Tropical coral reefs host 1/3 of all marine species of fish on 0.1% of the ocean’s surface. Yet our understanding of how mechanistic processes have underpinned the generation of diversity is...

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Main Author: Peter Francis Cowman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2014.00394/full