Origin and diversification of Lake Ohrid's endemic acroloxid limpets: the role of geography and ecology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ancient Lake Ohrid, located on the Albania-Macedonia border, is the most biodiverse freshwater lake in Europe. However, the processes that gave rise to its extraordinary endemic biodiversity, particularly in the species-rich gastropods, are still poorly understood. A suitable model taxon to study speciation processes in Lake Ohrid is the pulmonate snail genus Acroloxus, which comprises two morphologically distinct and ecologically (vertically) separated endemic species. Using a multilocus phylogenetic framework of Acroloxus limpets from the Euro-Mediterranean subregion, together with molecular-clock and phylogeographic analyses of Ohrid taxa, we aimed to infer their geographic origin and the timing of colonization as well as the role of geography and ecology in intra-lac

SUBMITTER: Stelbrink B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5159953 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature