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Phylogeographic and genetic insights into Sinonychia martensi: an endemic cave-dwelling harvestman in Beijing.
BMC ecology and evolution - 8 Jan 2025
Xiao Ruoyi, Zhao Jingjing, Zhao Likun, Derkarabetian Shahan, Zhang Feng, Zhang Chao
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Caves are one of the most exciting environments on earth, often considered an evolutionary laboratory due to the suite of convergent adaptive traits (troglomorphisms) of organisms inhabiting them. Sinonychia martensi Zhang & Derkarabetian, 2021, is the first and only Travunioidea species recorded in China and is endemic to Beijing, being known from multiple caves. However, nothing is known regarding its...
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