Phylogeography of the Mesa Silverside fish Chirostoma jordani (Woolman, 1894) throughout the Mexican Plateau.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the processes that influence distribution of organisms is a major goal in evolutionary biology. Speciation in freshwater fishes is mainly associated with the "island-like" model of evolution, in which the formation of land barriers between different hydrographic basins interrupts gene flow and promotes isolation. Freshwater fish therefore provide an excellent model system for macro- and micro-evolutionary studies. The Mesa Silverside, Chirostoma jordani, is one of the most widespread freshwater fish species in the Mexican Plateau, a geologically complex physiographic region with a long history of genesis, destruction and compartmentalization of hydrographic basins that has promoted the dispersal and isolation of freshwater fishes.

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SUBMITTER: Betancourt-Resendes I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11646419 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature