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Insects 2011, 2(2), 62-82; doi:10.3390/insects2020062

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Extreme Glacial Legacies: A Synthesis of the Antarctic Springtail Phylogeographic Record

Angela McGaughran ¹, Mark I. Stevens ^2,* , Ian D. Hogg ³ and Antonio Carapelli ⁴

¹ Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Department for Evolutionary Biology, Spemannstr. 37-39/IV, Tübingen, D-72076, Germany ² South Australian Museum, and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA 5000, Adelaide, Australia ³ Centre for Biodiversity and Ecology Research, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand ⁴ Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Siena, via A. Moro 2, 53100, Siena, Italy

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Received: 23 December 2010; in revised form: 15 February 2011 / Accepted: 2 April 2011 / Published: 6 April 2011

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Phylogeographic Syntheses)

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Abstract: We review current phylogeographic knowledge from across the Antarctic terrestrial landscape with a focus on springtail taxa. We describe consistent patterns of high genetic diversity and structure among populations which have persisted in glacial refugia across Antarctica over both short (10 Mya) timescales. Despite a general concordance of results among species, we explain why location is important in determining population genetic patterns within bioregions. We complete our review by drawing attention to the main limitations in the field of Antarctic phylogeography, namely that the scope of geographic focus is often lacking within studies, and that large gaps remain in our phylogeographic knowledge for most terrestrial groups.

Keywords: Antarctica; Collembola; invertebrates; glacial refugia; isolation; phylogeographic structure

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