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Extensive introgression and mosaic genomes of Mediterranean endemic lizards.
Nature communications - 12 May 2021
Yang Weizhao, Feiner Nathalie, Pinho Catarina, While Geoffrey M, Kaliontzopoulou Antigoni, Harris D James, Salvi Daniele, Uller Tobias
Abstract excerpt
The Mediterranean basin is a hotspot of biodiversity, fuelled by climatic oscillation and geological change over the past 20 million years. Wall lizards of the genus Podarcis are among the most abundant, diverse, and conspicuous Mediterranean fauna. Here, we unravel the remarkably entangled evolutionary history of wall lizards by sequencing genomes of 34 major lineages covering 26 species. We demonstrate an early...
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