Islands in the sky: the impact of Pleistocene climate cycles on biodiversity.
Genetic studies of organisms based on coalescent modeling and paleoenvironmental data, including a new study in BMC Biology of Mexican jays in the sky islands of Arizona and northern Mexico, show that populations differentiated in multiple refugia during and after glacial cycles.
Baker
Allan J
AJ
Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. allanb@rom.on.ca
D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D005075:Biological Evolution; D057231:Climate Change; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry; D049810:Genetic Speciation; D046448:Ice Cover; D008800:Mexico; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011157:Population Dynamics; D020308:Songbirds / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial