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Diversity in a Cold Hot-Spot: DNA-Barcoding Reveals Patterns of Evolution among Antarctic Demosponges (Class Demospongiae, Phylum Porifera)

BACKGROUND: The approximately 350 demosponge species that have been described from Antarctica represent a faunistic component distinct from that of neighboring regions. Sponges provide structure to the Antarctic benthos and refuge to other invertebrates, and can be dominant in some communities. Desp...

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Autores principales: Vargas, Sergio, Kelly, Michelle, Schnabel, Kareen, Mills, Sadie, Bowden, David, Wörheide, Gert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4474727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26091103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127573