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Poles Apart: The “Bipolar” Pteropod Species Limacina helicina Is Genetically Distinct Between the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans

The shelled pteropod (sea butterfly) Limacina helicina is currently recognised as a species complex comprising two sub-species and at least five “forma”. However, at the species level it is considered to be bipolar, occurring in both the Arctic and Antarctic oceans. Due to its aragonite shell and po...

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Autores principales: Hunt, Brian, Strugnell, Jan, Bednarsek, Nina, Linse, Katrin, Nelson, R. John, Pakhomov, Evgeny, Seibel, Brad, Steinke, Dirk, Würzberg, Laura
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2847597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20360985
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009835