Biologists have used a wide range of organisms to study the origin of taxa and their
subsequent evolutionary change in space and time. One commonly used tool is the …

Cenozoic tectonic evolution in the Tethyan region has greatly changed the landforms and
environment of Eurasia, driving the evolution of animals and greatly affecting the diversity …

Although phylogenetic studies are increasingly utilizing multi-locus datasets, a review of
GenBank data for the Gastropoda indicates a strong bias towards a few short gene …

ABSTRACT The Tethys Ocean existed between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia
from the Triassic to the Pliocene. Analyses of multiple biogeographic and phylogenetic …

Aim To examine the role of geological history, connectivity and distance in shaping the
biogeographical structure of North American desert clades that are restricted to habitat …

Sadleriana, Trichonia, Ventrosia) are discussed and illustrated based on the literature and,
where necessary, on the presented additional data. These include shell macrocharacters …

This chapter is an introduction to the Phylum Mollusca and a review of freshwater gastropod
systematics, evolution, regional distribution and diversity, reproduction and life history …

Population structuring in species inhabiting marine environments such as the Northeast
Atlantic Ocean (NEA) and Mediterranean Sea (MS) has usually been explained based on …

Vicariant and climatic cycling speciation hypotheses of the 'sand gobies' belonging to the
genera Pomatoschistus, Gobiusculus, Knipowitschia, and Economidichthys are tested using …

Ancient lakes have long been recognized as evolutionary theatres and hot spots of
endemism; the evolution of their morphologically often highly diverse species flocks has …