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Bioclimatic variables influence the strength of purifying selection on mitochondrial DNA in an avian clade (Aves: Piciformes)
Jérôme Fuchs, Benoît Nabholz, Brieuc Kaesmann…·Per G. P. Ericson
The paper examines how bioclimatic variables affect purifying selection on mitochondrial DNA in Piciformes birds, finding a negative correlation between temperature range and substitution rates.
DOI 10.64898/2026.06.11.731604