| historical introgression and the persistence of ghost alleles in the intermediate horseshoe bat (rhinolophus affinis). | phylogenetic conflicts between genetic markers can help to disentangle complex histories of phylogeography and introgression among taxa. we previously proposed that the chinese mainland subspecies of the intermediate horseshoe bat rhinolophus affinis himalayanus colonized hainan island to form the subspecies r. a. hainanus. subsequent recolonization of the mainland formed a third taxon, r. a macrurus, and a secondary contact zone with the ancestral himalayanus. to test for historical and recurre ... | 2013 | 23205821 |
| pleistocene climatic cycling drives intra-specific diversification in the intermediate horseshoe bat (rhinolophus affinis) in southern china. | the repeated formation and loss of land-bridges during the pleistocene have had lasting impacts on population genetic structure. in the tropics, where island populations persisted through multiple glacial cycles, alternating periods of isolation and contact are expected to have driven population and taxonomic divergence. here, we combine mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data with microsatellites to dissect the impact of pleistocene climate change on intra-specific diversification in the horses ... | 2010 | 20561192 |