A young age of subspecific divergence in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria inferred by ABC Random Forest
M.-P. Chapuis, L. Raynal, C. Plantamp, C. N. Meynard, L. Blondin, J.-M. Marin, A. Estoup
The paper uses ABC-RF to estimate the timing of divergence in Schistocerca gregaria, finding recent divergence around 2.6 Ky, supported by southern colonization from northern founders.
bioRxiv · Jan 16, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology