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University of Texas at El Paso

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The paper "The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot" led by Michael Harvey, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences at UTEP and Gustavo Bravo, Ph.D., research associate at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University was published in the research journal "Science." The paper introduces the paradox of diversity - the concept that new species form away from tropical diversity hotspots.

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