Article
Recent geological events and intrinsic behavior influence the population genetic structure of the chiru and tibetan gazelle on the tibetan plateau.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Zhang Fangfang, Jiang Zhigang, Xu Aichun, Zeng Yan, Li Chunwang
Abstract excerpt
The extent to which a species responds to environmental changes is mediated not only by extrinsic processes such as time and space, but also by species-specific ecology. The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau uplifted approximately 3000 m and experienced at least four major glaciations during the Pleistocene epoch in the Quaternary Period. Consequently, the area experienced concurrent changes in geomorphological structure...
Topics
- Animals
- Antelopes
- Behavior, Animal
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Ecosystem
- Environment
- Evolution, Molecular
- Female
- Gene Flow
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population