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Phylogeography of the endemic Gymnocypris chilianensis (Cyprinidae): sequential westward colonization followed by allopatric evolution in response to cyclical Pleistocene glaciations on the Tibetan Plateau.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 May 2011
Zhao Kai, Duan Ziyuan, Peng Zuogang, Gan Xiaoni, Zhang Renyi, He Shunping, Zhao Xinquan
Abstract excerpt
The schizothoracine Gymnocypris chilianensis is restricted to the Shiyang, Ruoshui and Shule Rivers, listed from east to west, along the northeast edge of the Tibetan Plateau. This distribution provides a valuable system to test hypotheses about postglacial colonization. We used mitochondrial DNA sequence data (a control region and the cytochrome b gene; 1894 bp) to assess the phylogeographic structure of this...
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