Stuck on a small tropical island: wide in-situ diversification of an urban-dwelling bat
Samantha Aguillon, Clara Castex, Avril Duchet, Magali Turpin, Gildas Le Minter, Camille Lebarbenchon, Axel O. G. Hoarau, Céline Toty, Léa Joffrin, Pablo Tortosa, Patrick Mavingui, Steven Michael Goodman, Muriel Dietrich
The paper studies the evolutionary history and genetic structure of an urban-dwelling bat species on Reunion Island, finding no spatial genetic structure and suggesting in-situ diversification and ancient population expansion.
bioRxiv · Jun 22, 2023 · PreprintGenetics