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How Did a Size-Divergent Water Strider Species Group Exhibiting an East Asia-Eastern North America Disjunction Originate and Diversify?
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2026
Zai Yuqi, Pintar Matthew R, Qiao Mu, Liu Chen, Fu Siying, Damgaard Jakob, Zhou Jiayue, Bu Wenjun, Yuan Juanjuan, Ye Zhen
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The classic East Asia-Eastern North America (EA-ENA) disjunction, well-documented in temperate plants, is typically attributed to the fragmentation of once-continuous high-latitude ranges by climatic cooling and regional extinction. Whether this model extends to insects, particularly aquatic groups, remains largely untested with genomic data. Here, we integrate whole-genome sequencing, ddRAD-seq and morphology...
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