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Title: A mid‐ P leistocene rainforest corridor enabled synchronous invasions of the A tlantic F orest by A mazonian anole lizards
PAR ID:
10032407
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley-Blackwell
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Molecular Ecology
Volume:
25
Issue:
20
ISSN:
0962-1083
Page Range / eLocation ID:
p. 5174-5186
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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