Article
Dynamics behind disjunct distribution, hotspot-edge refugia, and discordant RADseq/mtDNA variability: insights from the Emei mustache toad.
BMC evolutionary biology - 28 Aug 2020
Zheng Yuchi, Dai Qiang, Guo Xianguang, Zeng Xiaomao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The distribution of genetic diversity and the underlying processes are important for conservation planning but are unknown for most species and have not been well studied in many regions. In East Asia, the Sichuan Basin and surrounding mountains constitute an understudied region that exhibits a "ring" of high species richness overlapping the eastern edge of the global biodiversity hotspot Mountains of...
Topics
- Animals
- Anura
- China
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Genetic Variation
- Phylogeny
- Refugium
