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African climate and geomorphology drive evolution and ghost introgression in sable antelope.
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2022
Rocha Joana L, Vaz Pinto Pedro, Siegismund Hans R, Meyer Matthias, Jansen van Vuuren Bettine, Veríssimo Luís, Ferrand Nuno, Godinho Raquel
Abstract excerpt
The evolutionary history of African ungulates has been explained largely in the light of Pleistocene climatic oscillations and the way these influenced the distribution of vegetation types, leading to range expansions and/or isolation in refugia. In contrast, comparatively fewer studies have addressed the continent's environmental heterogeneity and the role played by its geomorphological barriers. In this study,...
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