Inferring historical survivals of climate relicts: the effects of climate changes, geography, and population-specific factors on herbaceous hydrangeas.

ABSTRACT: Climate relicts hold considerable importance because they have resulted from numerous historical changes. However, there are major interspecific variations among the ways by which they survived climate changes. Therefore, investigating the factors and timing that affected population demographics can expand our understanding of how climate relicts responded to historical environmental changes. Here, we examined herbaceous hydrangeas of genus Deinanthe in East Asia, which show limited distributions and a remarkable disjunction between Japan and central China. Chloroplast genome and restriction site-associated DNA sequencing revealed that speciation event occurred in the late Miocene (ca. 7-9 Mya) in response to global climate change. Two lineages apparently remained not branched until the mi

SUBMITTER: Sakaguchi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8115046 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature