title: Evolution: drift will tear us apart.
abstract: That the widely scattered geographical distribution of some animals could be due to continental drift is a neat idea. Now, cave animals provide evidence for extreme long-term persistence on continents drifting apart.
authors.affiliation: florian.maderspacher@current-biology.com
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maderspacher
mesh_terms: D033304:Amphipoda / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D017753:Ecosystem; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins