Pliocene Origin, Ice Ages and Postglacial Population Expansion Have Influenced a Panmictic Phylogeography of the European Bee-Eater Merops apiaster

Pliocene Origin, Ice Ages and Postglacial Population Expansion Have Influenced a Panmictic Phylogeography of the European Bee-Eater Merops apiaster

Oscillations of periods with low and high temperatures during the Quaternary in the northern hemisphere have influenced the genetic composition of birds of the Palearctic. During the last glaciation, ending about 12,000 years ago, a wide area of the northern Palearctic was under lasting ice and, con...

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Main Authors: Carina Carneiro de Melo Moura, Hans-Valentin Bastian, Anita Bastian, Erjia Wang, Xiaojuan Wang, Michael Wink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-01-01
Series:Diversity
Subjects:
gene flow
Meropidae
migration
panmixia
phylogeny
philopatry
lack of genetic structure
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/11/1/12

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