Major diversification of caribou shaped by glacial cycles before the Last Glacial Maximum
R. S. Taylor, M. Manseau, C. F. C. Klutsch, J. L. Polfus, A. Steedman, D. Hervieux, A. Kelly, N. C. Larter, M. Gamberg, H. Schwantje, P. J. Wilson
This study shows that caribou diversification and introgression occurred before the Last Glacial Maximum, with major splits around 110 kya and large effective population sizes.
bioRxiv · Nov 30, 2020Evolutionary Biology