Extreme environments as potential drivers of convergent evolution by exaptation: the Atacama Desert Coastal Range case
We have recently discovered a variety of unrelated phototrophic microorganisms (two microalgae and one cyanobacteria) in specialized terrestrial habitats at The Coastal Range of the Atacama Desert. Interestingly, morphological and molecular evidence suggest that these three species are all recent co...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3526103/ |