The Coral Triangle's Remarkably High Biodiversity Arose Relatively Recently (2 of 4) (IMAGE)

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The Coral Triangle's Remarkably High Biodiversity Arose Relatively Recently (2 of 4)

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Scanning electron micrographs of bryozoan species, Pliocene (3 million yrs ago). This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 04 April 2018, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by E. Di Martino at Natural History Museum in London, UK, and colleagues was titled, "Differences in extinction rates drove modern biogeographic patterns of tropical marine biodiversity."

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[Credit: Emanuela Di Martino]

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