Plio-Pleistocene sea level and temperature fluctuations in the northwestern Pacific promoted speciation in the globally-distributed flathead mullet <it>Mugil cephalus</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The study of speciation in the marine realm is challenging because of the apparent absence of physical barriers to dispersal, which are one of the main drivers of genetic diversity. Although phylogeographic studies using mitochondria...

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Main Authors: Durand Jean-Dominique, Tzeng Wann-Nian, Hsu Chih-Chieh, Jamandre Brian, Shen Kang-Ning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-03-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/83