Explosive evolution of an ancient group of Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida: Opiliones) in the Balkan Peninsula

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-102

  Murienne, Jérôme ^a   Karaman, Ivo ^b   Giribet, Gonzalo ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Trg Dositeja Obradovica ^*  (Serbia)

Author keywords

Adria; Arthropoda; Balkan Peninsula; Biogeography; Cyphophthalmi; Cyphophthalmus; Europe; Gondwana; Sironidae

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETIC MARKER; MONOPOLY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

BALKANS;

ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; CYPHOPHTHALMI; CYPHOPHTHALMUS; OPILIONES; SIRONIDAE;

EID: 72549113587     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02180.x     Document Type: Article

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