| comparative phylogeography of five avian species: implications for pleistocene evolutionary history in the qinghai-tibetan plateau. | pleistocene climate fluctuations have shaped the patterns of genetic diversity observed in extant species. in contrast to europe and north america where the effects of recent glacial cycles on genetic diversity have been well studied, the genetic legacy of the pleistocene for the qinghai-tibetan (tibetan) plateau, a region where glaciation was not synchronous with the north hemisphere ice sheet maxima, remains poorly understood. here, we compared the phylogeographical patterns of five avian spec ... | 2010 | 20002586 |