Pleistocene aridification cycles shaped the contemporary genetic architecture of Southern African baboons.

Plio-Pleistocene environmental change influenced the evolutionary history of many animal lineages in Africa, highlighting key roles for both climate and tectonics in the evolution of Africa's faunal diversity. Here, we explore diversification in the southern African chacma baboon Papio ursinus...

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Main Authors: Riashna Sithaldeen, Rebecca Rogers Ackermann, Jacqueline M Bishop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4430493?pdf=render