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[Speciation and its mechanisms: conceptual background and recent advances]

Eduardo Colley1, Marta Luciane Fischer2

  • 1Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brasil, CuritibaPR, Pesquisador colaborador do Departamento de Zoologia / Universidade Federal do Paraná . Caixa Postal 19020. 81531-980 - Curitiba - PR - Brasil .eduardocolley@yahoo.com.br.

Historia, Ciencias, Saude--Manguinhos
|January 30, 2014
PubMed
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This paper traces the historical development of speciation concepts, exploring theories on the origin of biodiversity. It clarifies evolutionary biology

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