Abstract The El Mirón Cave site in Spain has one of the most complete archaeological and
palaeontological records of the Late Pleistocene in the Iberian Peninsula, encompassing …

The narrow-headed vole, collared lemming and common vole were the most abundant small
mammal species across the Eurasian Late Pleistocene steppe-tundra environment …

Abstract The Hengduan Mountains (HDM) of China are a biodiversity hotspot whose
temperate flora and fauna are among the world's richest. However, the origin and evolution …

The subgenus Stenocranius contains two cryptic species: Lasiopodomys gregalis
(subdivided into three allopatrically distributed and genetically well‐isolated lineages A, B …

The dynamic climate history that drove sea level fluctuation during past glacial periods
mediated the movement of organisms between Asia and North America via the Bering Land …

Life under the earth surface is highly challenging and associated with a number of
morphological, physiological and behavioral modifications. Subterranean niche protects …

This study evaluates signatures of selection in the evolution of the mitochondrial DNA of
voles, subfamily Arvicolinae, during the colonization of subterranean environments. The …

An integrative analysis of an isolated population of Harting's vole (Microtus hartingi) from the
Eastern Rhodope Mountains (Bulgaria) was carried out by morphological and morphometric …

When designing phylogeographic investigations researchers can choose to collect many
different types of molecular markers, including mitochondrial genes or genomes, SNPs from …

Grey voles Microtus sensu lato represent one of the youngest and most successful
radiations of rodents in the Holarctic that gave rise to several genera and over 60 living …