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Quaternary climate instability as the driver of genetic diversification in Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sin)

Darling, Kate; Kucera, Michal; Wade, Christopher

Authors

Kate Darling

Michal Kucera



Abstract

Molecular genetic analysis shows that many planktonic foraminiferal morphospecies represent complexes of several distinct genetic types with distinct ecologies and distributions. Such cryptic diversity is common in most planktonic protists. Global biogeographical patterns provide many clues to their specific adaptations in the present day but not always to the past processes which may have created them. Planktonic foraminifers are ideal taxa for addressing these issues as their evolutionary history can be traced back in time with high resolution using their outstanding fossil record. In combination with paleoceanographic evidence, it is possible to interpret the modern molecular studies in an historical oceanographic context and gain an insight into the links with past global climatic or tectonic events

Citation

Darling, K., Kucera, M., & Wade, C. (2006). Quaternary climate instability as the driver of genetic diversification in Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sin). 00 Journal not listed, 29(1), 533. https://doi.org/10.11137/2006_1_533-533

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2006
Deposit Date Aug 10, 2022
Journal Anuário do Inst. de Geociências
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Volume 29
Issue 1
Pages 533
DOI https://doi.org/10.11137/2006_1_533-533
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/9900249
Publisher URL https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/aigeo/article/view/6452/5049