Cryptic Speciation and Characteristics of the Transition Bias Following an Example of the cytb Gene in Palearctic Mammals

• Main Authors: Mezhzherin, S., Morozov-Leonov, S., Rostovskaya, O., Tereshchenko, V., Zhalay, O.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2023
• Subjects: genetic differentiation; transition bias; Micromammalia; Macromammalia; cytb; Palearctic; life cycles
• Online Access: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/492

A study of taxonomic differentiation and transition bias of the cytb gene, focusing on the early stages of speciation, was carried out in 15 subfamilies/families of five orders of Palearctic mammals. It was confirmed that the genetic differentiation among taxa of small and large mammals is shifted b...