A recent global analysis of GenBank DNA sequences from amphibians and mammals indicated consistent poleward decrease of intraspecific genetic diversity in both classes. We highlight that this result was biased by not accounting for distance decay of similarity and reanalyse the datasets, revealing distinct latitudinal gradients in mammals and amphibians.

Which Latitudinal Gradients for Genetic Diversity? / P. Gratton, S. Marta, G. Bocksberger, M. Winter, P. Keil, E. Trucchi, H. Kuhl. - In: TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. - ISSN 0169-5347. - 32:10(2017), pp. 724-726. [10.1016/j.tree.2017.07.007]

Which Latitudinal Gradients for Genetic Diversity?

S. Marta
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2017

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A recent global analysis of GenBank DNA sequences from amphibians and mammals indicated consistent poleward decrease of intraspecific genetic diversity in both classes. We highlight that this result was biased by not accounting for distance decay of similarity and reanalyse the datasets, revealing distinct latitudinal gradients in mammals and amphibians.
distance decay of similarity; GenBank; genetic diversity; georeferencing; global patterns; phylogeography
Settore BIO/05 - Zoologia
Settore BIO/07 - Ecologia
2017
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