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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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Genetics |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2014.00394/full |