Evolutionary history of the Galapagos Rail revealed by ancient mitogenomes and modern samples
J. A. Chaves, P. J. Martinez-Torres, E. A. Depino, S. Espinoza-Ulloa, J. Garcia-Loor, A. Beichman, M. Stervander
This study uses ancient and modern mitogenomes to reveal the evolutionary history of the Galapagos Rail, showing its origin in the American black rail clade and low genetic diversity due to habitat loss.
bioRxiv · Oct 7, 2020Evolutionary Biology