Synchronous diversification of Sulawesi’s iconic artiodactyls driven by recent geological events
L. Frantz, A. Rudzinski, A. Mansyursyah Surya Nugraha, A. Evin, J. Burton, A. Hulme-Beaman, A. Linderholm, R. Barnett, R. Vega, E. Irving-Pease, J. Haile, R. Allen, K. Leus, J. Shephard, M. Hillyer, , G. Larson
The paper tests the hypothesis that recent geological events on Sulawesi drove the synchronous diversification of its endemic artiodactyls, finding that species expanded from a central area that emerged above sea level ~1-2 Myr ago.
bioRxiv · Jan 4, 2018Evolutionary Biology