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History of the terrestrial isopod genus Ligidium in Japan based on phylogeographic analysis.
BMC ecology and evolution - 7 Aug 2023
Harigai Wakana, Saito Aya, Zemmoto Chika, Karasawa Shigenori, Yokoi Touta, Nagano Atsushi J, Suzuki Hitoshi, Yamamoto Masanobu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Phylogeographical approaches explain the genetic diversity of local organisms in the context of their geological and geographic environments. Thus, genetic diversity can be a proxy for geological history. Here we propose a genus of woodland isopod, Ligidium, as a marker of geological history in relation to orogeny and the Quaternary glacial cycle. RESULTS: Mitochondrial analysis of 721 individuals...
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