Disjunct distributions of freshwater snails testify to a central role of the Congo system in shaping biogeographical patterns in Africa.

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Published in BMC Evol Biol on March 06, 2014

Authors

Roland Schultheiß1, Bert Van Bocxlaer, Frank Riedel, Thomas von Rintelen, Christian Albrecht

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4, 20014 Turku, Finland. rolsch@utu.fi.

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