Cryptic biodiversity in a changing world

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Cryptic biodiversity in a changing world

Luciano B Beheregaray¹ and Adalgisa Caccone²

¹Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia

²Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Yale Institute of Biospheric Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8106, USA

Journal of Biology 2007, 6:9doi:10.1186/jbiol60


Published:	21 December 2007

Abstract

DNA studies are revealing the extent of hidden, or cryptic, biodiversity. Two new studies challenge paradigms about cryptic biodiversity and highlight the importance of adding a historical and biogeographic dimension to biodiversity research.