Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

A subterranean adaptive radiation of amphipods in Europe

  • Špela Borko,
  • Peter Trontelj,
  • Ole Seehausen,
  • Ajda Moškrič,
  • Cene Fišer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24023-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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There are relatively few known extant adaptive radiations in Europe that predate the Pleistocene. Here, Borko et al. characterize the diversity and diversification of the subterranean amphipod genus Niphargus, showing evidence for a large adaptive radiation associated with massif uplift 15 million years ago.