The Pleistocene glacial cycles had a strong influence on the demography and genetic
structure of many species, particularly on northern-latitude taxa. Here we studied the …

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is of increasing public health importance as the main zoonotic
pathogen causing eosinophilic meningitis or meningoencephalitis, which has been …

Understanding the factors that explain the patterns of genetic structure or phylogeographic
breaks at an intraspecific level is key to inferring the mechanisms of population …

Historical geological events and Pleistocene climatic fluctuations have played important
roles in shaping distribution and population differentiation across taxa. The buff-bellied …

Background and Research Aims: Historical geological events and climatic changes have
played important roles in shaping population differentiation and distribution within species …

The islands of the Gulf of California are divided into three categories–oceanic, continental,
and landbridge–and were formed from the Middle Miocene to the Holocene. The species of …

The oases of the Baja California peninsula have served as biological refugia for unique and
relict biological groups since the late Pleistocene. In this paper, we identified and analyzed …

Genetic structure and phylogeographic patterns of natural populations are of great
importance in assessing the conservation status of species. These population properties can …

Abstract Aims The oases of Baja California Peninsula (BCP) have been proposed as
important hotspots of biodiversity that hold an exceptional richness in the middle of desert …

A set of 16 microsatellite loci was developed and characterized for the Xantus' hummingbird
(Hylocharis xantusii) by using 454 next-generation sequencing. Twenty-five H. xantusii …