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Ancient oceanic archipelagos of similar geological age are expected to accrue comparable numbers of endemic lineages with identical life history strategies, especially if the islands exhibit analogous habitats. We tested this hypothesis using marine snails of the genus Conus from the Atlantic archipelagos of Cape Verde and Canary Islands. Together with Azores and Madeira, these archipelagos com...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature Chemical Biology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1552-4450,1552-4469
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.2221