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Geochemistry & Geophysics
Meng-Hao Gao, Ping-Ping Liu
Summary: Texture and compositional variations of zoned minerals in the Sipisupisu volcano reveal open-system processes driven by multiple episodes of magma recharge and mixing. Olivine and clinopyroxene grains exhibit compositional zoning, indicating residence in multiple staging magma reservoirs within the crust. The existence of Si-saturated and Si-undersaturated magma reservoirs at different depths and the prolonged crystal residence time contribute to the volcanic eruption of Sipisupisu.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Natalie M. Warburton, Gavin J. Prideaux
Summary: The newly discovered macropodine kangaroo Wallabia kitcheneri in south-central Australia shows unique characteristics and behaviors, resembling tree kangaroos more than ground-dwelling macropodines. This suggests a semi-arboreal lifestyle for C. kitcheneri, with evidence of secondary adoption of climbing habits within crown macropodines.
ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Sergey Osipov, Georgiy Stenchikov, Kostas Tsigaridis, Allegra N. LeGrande, Susanne E. Bauer, Mohammed Fnais, Jos Lelieveld
Summary: Supereruptions, such as the Toba event 74,000 years ago, have significant environmental impacts by causing cooling and decelerating the water cycle through stratospheric sulfate aerosols. Earth system model simulations suggest that the Toba eruption suppressed ozone formation, leading to severe tropical ozone layer depletion and enhanced solar ultraviolet radiation stress.
COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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Geochemistry & Geophysics
Ping Zhang, Meghan S. Miller, Caroline M. Eakin
Summary: This study analyzed the structural, deformational, and compositional variations along the Sunda-Banda volcanic arc transitional zone, presenting distinct along-arc spatial variations in shear wave velocity and anisotropic structure within the crust and mantle wedge above the subducting slab.
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
(2022)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Natalia Pardo, Roberto Sulpizio, Federico Lucchi, Guido Giordano, Shane Cronin, Bernardo A. Pulgarin, Matteo Roverato, Ana Maria Correa-Tamayo, Ricardo Camacho, Miguel A. Cabrera
Summary: This study presents the eruption history of the little-known Dona Juana volcanic complex in SW Colombia, shedding light on potentially active volcanism in the rural Northern Andes region. Through a combination of mapping, radiocarbon dating, sedimentology analysis, and historical records, the volcanic stratigraphy of the central-summit vent area was reconstructed. The results reveal cyclic transitions from lava-dome growth to collapse and explosive phases. Pyroclastic density currents, generated by dome collapse or fountain/column collapse, were channeled into the fluvial valleys around the volcano summit. The volume of these currents ranged from about 4 to 10 x 106 m3 and exhibited different depositional regimes.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Adonara E. Mucek, Martin Danisik, Shanaka L. de Silva, Daniel P. Miggins, Axel K. Schmitt, Indyo Pratomo, Anthony Koppers, Jack Gillespie
Summary: Thermochronology analyses coupled with Bayesian statistics suggest heterogeneity in warm magma reservoir at Toba Caldera, Sumatra, after the supereruption 74,000 years ago. The study reveals a lack of understanding of magmatic conditions and processes during the resurgence period post-catastrophic supereruptions.
COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Stephen J. Gaughran, Bridgett vonHoldt
Summary: The distribution and movement of species, known as biogeography, is a fundamental field in ecology and evolutionary biology. Recent genetic studies of ancient specimens have revealed important evidence on the migrations of brown bears and lions into North America during the late Pleistocene, highlighting the long-lasting impact of sea level changes on the dispersal of terrestrial carnivores.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Daniel Perez-Pinedo, Christopher McKean, Rod Taylor, Robert Nicholls, Duncan McIlroy
Summary: Charniodiscus is a distinctive and iconic species within the Ediacaran frondose taxa, with recent studies revealing morphological differences that set it apart from other frondose taxa, mainly characterized by its bifoliate conical fronds without a backing sheet.
FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
(2022)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Mingye Feng, Shengji Wei, Ling Chen, Umar Muksin, Karen Lythgoe, Tuo Wang, Zimu Wu
Summary: This study used a new H-phi stacking method to estimate the crustal thickness, Vp/Vs ratio, and melt fraction in the Aceh province of northwestern Sumatra, Indonesia. The results show widespread crustal magmatic mush with thin crust and high melt fractions. These findings provide important insights into crustal magmatism and deformation.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
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Zoology
P. Cerretti, E. Morgulis, V. Michelsen, T. Pape
Summary: This article revises and annotates the nominal genera and species misidentified to family by A.Z. Lehrer, providing habitus photographs for all holotypes. New synonyms and new combinations are discovered in the Muscidae and Tachinidae families.
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Geochemistry & Geophysics
Asdis Benediktsdottir, Olafur Gudmundsson, Ka Lok Li, Bryndis Brandsdottir
Summary: Research shows that volcanic eruptions in Iceland are generally preceded by an increase in tremor levels, which do not have a clear onset like earthquakes. During the Eyjafjallajokull summit eruption, volcanic tremor frequencies ranged between 0.5 and 10 Hz, and the power variations of the tremor with distance from the eruption site indicate that surface waves dominate the tremor waveform content in the 0.5-2 Hz frequency range. The pattern of radiated wave energy from the tremor source varied with time, defining ten different epochs during the eruption.
GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jens Karstens, Jonas Preine, Gareth J. Crutchley, Steffen Kutterolf, Willem G. M. van der Bilt, Emilie E. E. Hooft, Timothy H. Druitt, Florian Schmid, Jan Magne Cederstrom, Christian Huebscher, Paraskevi Nomikou, Steven Carey, Michel Kuehn, Judith Elger, Christian Berndt
Summary: In this study, seismic reflection and P-wave tomography datasets were integrated with computed tomography-derived sedimentological analyses to estimate the volume of the iconic Minoan eruption. The results revealed a total eruption volume of 34.5 +/- 6.8 km(3), with different proportions of tephra fall deposits, ignimbrites, intra-caldera deposits, and lithics. These volume estimates were consistent with an independent caldera collapse reconstruction. The findings demonstrate the importance of complementary geophysical and sedimentological datasets for reliable eruption volume estimates and volcanic hazard assessments.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
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Geochemistry & Geophysics
Asdis Benediktsdottir, Olafur Gudmundsson, Ka Lok Li, Bryndis Brandsdottir
Summary: Volcanic eruptions in Iceland are often preceded by an increase in tremor levels, which vary in frequency and can be influenced by different factors. The source of the tremors may be shallow, less than about 1 km deep, and the pattern of wave energy radiated from the tremor source changes over time.
GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
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Geology
Yu-Ming Lai, Sun-Lin Chung, Azman A. Ghani, Sayed Murtadha, Hao-Yang Lee, Mei-Fei Chu
Summary: The study indicates that the mid-Miocene volcanic migration in northwestern Sumatra exhibited geochemical variations over time and space. This volcanic migration is suggested to be associated with the far-field effect of propagating extrusion tectonics driven by the India-Eurasia collision.
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Entomology
Dmitry Telnov
Summary: This study presents for the first time the Anthicidae from the Lesser Sunda Archipelago, describing and illustrating 13 new species. New combinations and synonyms are proposed, along with new species records and brief discussion on comparative morphology. The genus Floydwernerius previously restricted to the Australian Region is reported from the Lesser Sunda Islands. In total, 50 species and subspecies of Anthicidae are confirmed for the Lesser Sunda Islands.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Azlan Mohamed, Rahel Sollmann, Seth Timothy Wong, Jurgen Niedballa, Jesse F. Abrams, Johnny Kissing, Andreas Wilting
Summary: Despite challenges in accounting for individual heterogeneity, this study in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo found that incorporating data from multiple study sites allowed for more accurate estimates of Sunda clouded leopard population density. The research also highlighted the importance of large camera-trapping grids for density estimations of elusive species like the Sunda clouded leopard.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Annika Tiesmeyer, Luana Ramos, Jose Manuel Lucas, Katharina Steyer, Paulo C. Alves, Christos Astaras, Mareike Brix, Margherita Cragnolini, Csaba Domokos, Zsolt Hegyeli, Rene Janssen, Andrew C. Kitchener, Clotilde Lambinet, Xavier Mestdagh, Despina Migli, Pedro Monterroso, Jaap L. Mulder, Vinciane Schockert, Dionisios Youlatos, Markus Pfenninger, Carsten Nowak
CONSERVATION GENETICS
(2020)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Alina von Thaden, Carsten Nowak, Annika Tiesmeyer, Tobias E. Reiners, Paulo C. Alves, Leslie A. Lyons, Federica Mattucci, Ettore Randi, Margherita Cragnolini, Jose Galian, Zsolt Hegyeli, Andrew C. Kitchener, Clotilde Lambinet, Jose M. Lucas, Thomas Moelich, Luana Ramos, Vinciane Schockert, Berardino Cocchiararo
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES
(2020)
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Zoology
Katherine A. Sainsbury, Richard F. Shore, Henry Schofield, Elizabeth Croose, Georg Hantke, Andrew C. Kitchener, Robbie A. McDonald
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Forestry
Sami Asad, Jesse F. Abrams, Roshan Guharajan, Peter Lagan, Johnny Kissing, Julsun Sikui, Andreas Wilting, Mark-Oliver Roedel
Summary: The study found that Reduced Impact Logging (RIL) has less negative impacts on stream habitats, amphibian occupancy, and diversity compared to Conventional selective Logging (CL), and shows a faster recovery rate.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Jesse F. Abrams, Rahel Sollmann, Simon L. Mitchell, Matthew J. Struebig, Andreas Wilting
Summary: Occupancy-based diversity profiles are found to reflect among-community diversity patterns accurately, but tend to overestimate within-community diversity. Applying an occupancy threshold can reduce positive bias in estimates, although it may introduce negative bias in richness estimates and slightly reduce the ability to reproduce true differences among communities. This approach offers insights into patterns of biodiversity and has the potential for further development.
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Zoology
An Nguyen, Andrew Tilker, Duy Le, Huong Van Le, Son Van Le, Truong Hong Luu, Bang Van Tran, Andreas Wilting
Summary: The study reports the first records of the Annamite striped rabbit in the southern Annamites in Vietnam, indicating a significant southern range extension, and discusses the implications of this finding for the conservation of the species.
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Forestry
Roshan Guharajan, Azlan Mohamed, Seth T. Wong, Jurgen Niedballa, Azrie Petrus, Jaffly Jubili, Robin Lietz, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Wai-Ming Wong, Johny Kissing, Peter Lagan, Andreas Wilting
Summary: The study focused on sun bears in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, finding that habitat selection was most influenced by habitat quality, with sun bear occupancy increasing in response to forest regeneration. Reduced impact logging and sustainable management contributed to higher sun bear distribution compared to degraded protected areas. Proxies for poaching had minimal effects on sun bear occupancy, indicating potential resilience in well-managed production forests.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Ecology
Niccolo Alfano, Anisha Dayaram, Jan Axtner, Kyriakos Tsangaras, Marie-Louise Kampmann, Azlan Mohamed, Seth T. Wong, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Andreas Wilting, Alex D. Greenwood
Summary: Using eDNA and iDNA to monitor wildlife viruses, multiple known and novel mammalian RNA and DNA viruses were detected, with congruence found between hosts and detected viruses. This method represents an effective non-invasive resource for studying wildlife viral diversity and detecting novel potentially zoonotic viruses.
METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Zoology
Andrew C. Kitchener, Michael Hoffmann, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Christine Breitenmoser-Wursten, Andreas Wilting
Summary: Taxonomy and systematics play a crucial role in conservation efforts, but current taxonomies often do not keep up with the latest science. Establishing a globally recognized list of accepted taxa is seen as a solution to the uncertainties caused by this dynamic situation.
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Zoology
Ioannis Alexiou, Jesse F. Abrams, Camille N. Z. Coudrat, Chanthalaphone Nanthavong, An Nguyen, Juergen Niedballa, Andreas Wilting, Andrew Tilker
Summary: The Annamites ecoregion is home to various species of muntjacs, which are vulnerable to snaring. A camera-trapping survey was conducted in Nakai-Nam Theun National Park to understand the ecology and distribution of three muntjac species. The study found varying responses to environmental factors, with all species showing higher occupancies in inaccessible areas.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Sami Asad, Victor Vitalis, Roshan Guharajan, Jesse F. Abrams, Peter Lagan, Johnny Kissing, Julsun Sikui, Andreas Wilting, Mark-Oliver Roedel
Summary: Although sustainable forestry methods like Reduced Impact Logging (RIL) have lower impacts on biodiversity, the direct and indirect effects of RIL are poorly understood. This study conducted in Malaysian Borneo found that amphibians in different habitats exhibit variable responses to logging, but have similar community-level responses to RIL.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2022)
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Genetics & Heredity
Danielle L. Buss, Lane M. Atmore, Maria H. Zicos, William P. Goodall-Copestake, Selina Brace, Frederick I. Archer, C. Scott Baker, Ian Barnes, Emma L. Carroll, Tom Hart, Andrew C. Kitchener, Richard Sabin, Angela L. Sremba, Caroline R. Weir, Jennifer A. Jackson
Summary: Fin whales have been extensively hunted, causing significant reductions in population size. Genetic samples from historical sources, such as bones and baleen, were used to assess the pre-whaling diversity of Southern Hemisphere fin whales. The results suggest that Southern Hemisphere fin whales are highly diverse and genetically distinct from Northern Hemisphere populations.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
David M. Cooper, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, David W. Macdonald, Bruce D. Patterson, Galina P. Salkina, Viktor G. Yudin, Andrew J. Dugmore, Andrew C. Kitchener
Summary: Understanding the differences in morphology between captive and wild animals is crucial for better care of captive animals and enhancing their survival in reintroductions. The study on the skulls and mandibles of lions and tigers reveals that while skull size remains the same, there are differences in shape, particularly in regions associated with biting. These differences are believed to be influenced by the diet of captive big cats.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Thanh Nguyen, Andreas Wilting, Jurgen Niedballa, An Nguyen, Benjamin M. Rawson, Anh Q. H. Nguyen, Trung T. Cao, Oliver R. Wearn, Anh C. Dao, Andrew Tilker
Summary: This study used landscape scale camera-trapping in the Annamite mountains of Vietnam and Laos to assess the distribution patterns of two endemic species. They found that the Annamite dark muntjac was more commonly found at higher elevations and in areas that were less accessible to people, while the Annamite striped rabbit had varying responses to elevation. The study highlights the importance of considering random effects among study areas and provides prediction maps that can aid conservation efforts.
CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Markus Osaland Fjelde, Einar Timdal, Reidar Haugan, Mika Bendiksby
Summary: This study investigated the taxonomy of the crustose lichen genus Calvitimela using molecular phylogenetics and morphological observations. The results revealed evolutionarily old and deeply divergent lineages within Calvitimela, with overlapping morphological characters between different subgenera. Chemical characters were informative at the level of subgenera but often homoplastic at the species level. A practical taxonomy of Calvitimela was proposed based on these findings.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2024)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Bo-Yang Shi, Da Pan, Kang-Qin Zhang, Tian-Yu Gu, Darren C. J. Yeo, Peter K. L. Ng, Neil Cumberlidge, Hong-Ying Sun
Summary: This study investigates the evolutionary history and speciation mechanisms of montane potamids in the Hengduan Mountains Region. The results suggest that the vicariance events of these crabs are correlated with the emergence of sky islands due to the uplift of the mountains. The mountain ridges provided corridors for their dispersal and past climatic conditions played a crucial role in their evolutionary history. The mechanisms isolating sky islands are reinforced by the climatic features of dry-hot valleys and continue to affect local diversification.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2024)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Attila Nemeth, Edvard Mizsei, Levente Laczko, David Czaban, Zsolt Hegyeli, Szabolcs Lengyel, Gabor Csorba, Gabor Sramko
Summary: Species delimitation of European blind mole rats is challenging due to their small morphological differences and complex chromosomal evolution. This study provides a comprehensive framework to improve understanding of their evolutionary history and revise their taxonomy. The results reveal the presence of multiple superspecies and species, with distinct geographic patterns and rapid chromosomal evolution.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2024)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ying Qi, Zhaoyan Zhong, Xu Liu, Xing He, Yadong Zhou, Lili Zhang, Chong Chen, Katrin Linse, Jian-Wen Qiu, Jin Sun
Summary: This study investigates the phylogenetic relationships among patellogastropod families using mitochondrial and phylogenomic data. The results show that the mitochondrial phylogeny recovers monophyly of most families, but the relationships among families are still contentious. However, a more robust family-level topology consistent with morphology is achieved by phylogenomics. Additionally, the mainly deep-water families are found to be monophyletic, suggesting a single colonization of the deep water during the Jurassic.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2024)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yu-Jie Shi, Jin -Liang Huang, Jia-Xuan Mi, Jing Li, Fan-Yu Meng, Yu Zhong, Fang He, Fei -Fei Tian, Fan Zhang, Liang-Hua Chen, Han-Bo Yang, Hong-Lin Hu, Xue-Qin Wan
Summary: Despite numerous studies on hybrid speciation, our understanding of this process remains limited. In this study, we conducted an 18-year systematic investigation on Populus taxa on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and discovered three new taxa that originated from distant hybridization between two different sections. These hybrid taxa demonstrate greater ecological adaptability than their ancestral species due to heterosis. We propose a hybrid speciation process model that can explain important evolutionary concerns.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2024)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Anna Cho, Denis Tikhonenkov, Gordon Lax, Kristina I. Prokina, Patrick J. Keeling
Summary: Unlike conspicuous ochrophytes, many small and overlooked flagellates belonging to basally branching stramenopiles remain poorly characterized at the cellular or genomic level. This study describes four new species, including two new genera, of sediment-dwelling MAST-6 and provides updated phylogenomic tree of stramenopiles. The characterization of these flagellates is important due to their phylogenetic diversity and abundance in various environments.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2024)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Tian-Tian Xue, Steven B. Janssens, Bin-Bin Liu, Sheng-Xiang Yu
Summary: Phylogenomic conflicts are widespread among genomic data, with most previous studies primarily focusing on nuclear datasets instead of organellar genomes. In this study, we investigated the phylogenetic conflicts within and between plastid and mitochondrial genomes using Potentilla as a case study. We found that both plastid and mitochondrial genomes divided Potentilla into eight highly supported clades, with two newly identified clades. Our results demonstrate that mitochondrial genes can fully resolve phylogenetic relationships among major clades of Potentilla and are not always linked with plastomes in evolutionary history.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2024)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Alexandra A. Grossi, Chunpo Tian, Mengjiao Ren, Fasheng Zou, Daniel R. Gustafsson
Summary: This study suggests that the coevolutionary relationships between chewing lice, endosymbiotic bacteria, and birds are not independent, but the patterns vary depending on the analysis method used. Additionally, louse host-switching does not seem to affect bacterial strains.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2024)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ingrid Olivares, Sergio Tusso, Maria Jose Sanin, Marylaure de La Harpe, Oriane Loiseau, Jonathan Rolland, Nicolas Salamin, Michael Kessler, Kentaro K. Shimizu, Margot Paris
Summary: Traditionally, differences between species have been associated with morphological variation. However, the discovery of cryptic diversity suggests that the evolution of distinct lineages can occur without morphological differences. Through genetic analysis, we found that a tropical montane plant lineage is composed of numerous unrecognized genetic groups that are not morphologically distinct. Geographic distance and topography play a crucial role in determining the genetic divergence of these groups.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2024)
