Species limits and hybridization in Andean leaf-eared mice (Phyllotis)
Marcial Quiroga‐Carmona, Schuyler W. Liphardt, Naim M. Bautista, J. Pablo Jayat, Pablo Teta, Jason L. Malaney, Tabitha McFarland, Joseph Anthony Cook, Moritz Blumer, Nathanael D. Herrera, Zachary A. Cheviron, Jeffrey Martin Good, Guillermo D’Elía, Jay F. Storz
This study uses mitochondrial DNA and whole-genome sequence data to analyze species boundaries, diversification times, and hybridization in Andean leaf-eared mice, finding that diversification coincided with Pleistocene climate changes and ongoing hybridization between two species.
Ecology and Evolution · Jul 1, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology