SPECIATION IN ANCIENT CRYPTIC SPECIES COMPLEXES: EVIDENCE FROM THE MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS (ROTIFERA)
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عنوان ژورنال: Evolution
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0014-3820,1558-5646
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01455.x