Testing the Effect of the Toba Volcanic Eruption on Population Sizes in Worldwide Mammal Species
N. S. Torosin, J. S. Raff, M. G. Hayes
The paper tests if the Toba volcanic eruption caused a population bottleneck in mammals using mtDNA data, finding only three species showed expansion timing matching the eruption.
bioRxiv · Apr 6, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology