Peripatric speciation of an endemic species driven by Pleistocene climate change: The case of the Mexican prairie dog (Cynomys mexicanus)
Abstract
Shifts in distribution related to Pleistocene climate changes resulted in divergence. Cynomys mexicanus originated from a peripheral population isolated 100–430ka. Climate change promoted biogeographical substructure within the Chihuahuan Desert. Population expansion resulted in secondary contact between lineages for C. ludovicianus.
- Publication:
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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- Pub Date:
- January 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.027
- Bibcode:
- 2016MolPE..94..171C
- Keywords:
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- Bayesian inference;
- Cynomys;
- Ecological niche modelling;
- Chihuahuan Desert;
- Speciation