The role of Quaternary environmental change in plant macroevolution: the exception or the rule?

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Abstract:: The Quaternary has been described as an important time for genetic diversification and speciation. This is based on the premise that Quaternary climatic conditions fostered the isolation of populations and, in some instances, allopatric speciation. However, the 'Quaternary Ice-Age speciation model' rests on two key assumptions: (i) that biotic responses to climate change during the Quaternary were significantly different from those of other periods in Earth's history; and (ii) that the mechan...
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University of Oxford

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MPLS

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Zoology

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Journal:: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Volume:: 359
Issue:: 1442
Pages:: 159-172
Publication date:: 2004-02-01
DOI:: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1387
EISSN:: 1471-2970
ISSN:: 0962-8436

Language:: English
Keywords:: Models, Biological

Genetic Variation

Climate

Environment

Plant Development

Pollen

Plants

Geography

Biological Evolution

Fossils
Pubs id:: pubs:209959
UUID:: uuid:3d0dd62a-d121-469e-b894-6fbef4282a58
Local pid:: pubs:209959
Source identifiers:: 209959
Deposit date:: 2013-11-16

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