Daphnia galeata: Difference between revisions

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''D.&nbsp;galeata'' comprises two [[subspecies]]: ''D.&nbsp;g. galeata'', found in the [[Old World]], and ''D.&nbsp;g.&nbsp;mendotae'', named after [[Lake Mendota]] near [[Madison, Wisconsin]], in the [[New World]]. ''D.&nbsp;g.&nbsp;mendotae'' may be a [[homoploid]] [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] taxon.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Derek J. Taylor, Paul D. N. Herbert & John K. Colbourne |year=1996 |title=Phylogenetics and evolution of the ''Daphnia longispina'' group (Crustacea) based on 12S rDNA sequence and allozyme variation |journal=[[Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution]] |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=495–510 |doi=10.1006/mpev.1996.0045 |pmid=8744763 |url=http://www.buffalo.edu/~djtaylor/papers/Tayloretal1996.pdf |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]}}</ref> In the lower [[Great Lakes]], the populations are mostly hybrids of the European and American subspecies.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Northern temperate lakes: chaos along the food chain |pages=67–81[https://archive.org/details/alienspeciesinno0000coxg/page/67 67]–81 |author=George W. Cox |year=1999 |title=Alien Species in North America and Hawaii: Impacts on Natural Ecosystems |publisher=[[Island Press]] |isbn=9781559636803 |url=https://booksarchive.google.comorg/books?id=3JxX8details/alienspeciesinno0000coxg|url-Bva3oC&pgaccess=PA77registration }}</ref>

[[Category:AnimalsCrustaceans described in 1864]]