Genetic diversity of soil invertebrates corroborates timing estimates for past collapses of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 117; no. 36; pp. 22293 - 22302
• Main Authors: Collins, Gemma E., Hogg, Ian D., Convey, Peter, Sancho, Leopoldo G., Cowan, Don A., Lyons, W. Berry, Adams, Byron J., Wall, Diana H., Green, T. G. Allan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington National Academy of Sciences 08.09.2020
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Climate change; Collembola; Cytochrome-c oxidase; Cytochromes; Dispersal; Dispersion; Divergence; Endemic species; Estimates; Evolution; Flotation; Genetic divergence; Genetic diversity; Genetic structure; Global warming; Ice sheets; Mitochondria; Mountains; Physical Sciences; Population genetics; Soil invertebrates

During austral summer field seasons between 1999 and 2018, we sampled at 91 locations throughout southern Victoria Land and along the Transantarctic Mountains for six species of endemic microarthropods (Collembola), covering a latitudinal range from 76.0°S to 87.3°S. We assembled individual mitochon...