Phylogeographical evidence for historical long-distance dispersal in the flightless stick insect Ramulus mikado
K. Suetsugu, T. Nozaki, S. Hirota, S. Funaki, K. Ito, Y. Isagi, Y. Suyama, S. Kaneko
The paper investigates historical avian-mediated dispersal in Ramulus mikado stick insects using molecular data, finding low genetic differentiation and identical genotypes across distant populations.
bioRxiv · May 15, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology