role of Pleistocene refugia and rivers in shaping gorilla genetic diversity in central Africa

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 104; no. 51; pp. 20432 - 20436
• Main Authors: Anthony, Nicola M, Johnson-Bawe, Mireille, Jeffery, Kathryn, Clifford, Stephen L, Abernethy, Kate A, Tutin, Caroline E, Lahm, Sally A, White, Lee J.T, Utley, John F, Wickings, E. Jean, Bruford, Michael W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 18.12.2007; National Acad Sciences
• Subjects: Africa, Central; Animals; Biological Sciences; Biota; Evolution; Evolution, Molecular; Evolutionary biology; Evolutionary genetics; Gabon; genetic distance; Genetic diversity; Genetic structure; Genetic Variation; Gorilla; Gorilla gorilla - genetics; Gorillas; Lowlands; microsatellite repeats; Microsatellite Repeats - genetics; Microsatellites; Modeling; Molecular Sequence Data; Pleistocene; Population genetics; rain forests; Rainforests; Refuge habitats; Refugia; Republic of the Congo; Rivers; Trees; Tropical forests; Tropical rain forests; Wildlife conservation; Africa, Central; Central Africa; Gabon; Republic of the Congo

The role of Pleistocene forest refugia and rivers in the evolutionary diversification of tropical biota has been the subject of considerable debate. A range-wide analysis of gorilla mitochondrial and nuclear variation was used to test the potential role of both refugia and rivers in shaping genetic...