Ecological opportunities, habitat, and past climatic fluctuations influenced the diversification of modern turtles.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

• Publication date

  2016-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.025PMID 27233435
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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