Phylogeography of the Tibetan hamster Cricetulus kamensis in response to uplift and environmental change in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The evolutionary process of an organism provides valuable data toward an understanding of the Earth evolution history. To investigate the relationship between the uplift of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) and mammalian evolution since the late Cenozoic, the geographic distribution of genetic variations in the Tibetan hamster Cricetulus kamensis was investigated using phylogeographical methods. In particular, population divergence, demographic history, genetic variation, and the prediction of species distribution area were investigated.

Location

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Methods

A total of 53 specimens, representing 13 geographic populations, were collected from the QTP. The phylogeographical pattern and demographic history of C. kamensis were analyz

SUBMITTER: Ding L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6662396 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature