Juan Carlos, Emerson Brent C
Department de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
J Biol. 2010;9(3):17. doi: 10.1186/jbiol227. Epub 2010 Mar 11.
A recent study in BMC Evolutionary Biology has reconstructed the molecular phylogeny of a large Mediterranean cave-dwelling beetle clade, revealing an ancient origin and strong geographic structuring. It seems likely that diversification of this clade in the Oligocene was seeded by an ancestor already adapted to subterranean life.
《BMC进化生物学》最近的一项研究重建了一个大型地中海洞穴甲虫类群的分子系统发育,揭示了其古老的起源和强烈的地理结构。这个类群在渐新世的多样化似乎是由一个已经适应地下生活的祖先引发的。