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Long-term in situ persistence of biodiversity in tropical sky islands revealed by landscape genomics.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jan 2018
Mastretta-Yanes Alicia, Xue Alexander T, Moreno-Letelier Alejandra, Jorgensen Tove H, Alvarez Nadir, Piñero Daniel, Emerson Brent C
Abstract excerpt
Tropical mountains are areas of high species richness and endemism. Two historical phenomena may have contributed to this: (i) fragmentation and isolation of habitats may have promoted the genetic differentiation of populations and increased the possibility of allopatric divergence and speciation and (ii) the mountain areas may have allowed long-term population persistence during global climate fluctuations....
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