Evolutionary History of Plants on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Phylogeny and Evolution".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 October 2022) | Viewed by 2182
Special Issue Editors
Interests: botany; genetics; phylogeny; biogeography; evolution
Interests: hybridization; Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau; plastome evolution; molecular phylogenetics; population genetics
Interests: population genetics; evolution; phylogenetics; speciation; conservation biology; evolutionary biology; biodiversity; high throughput sequencing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) is an important biodiversity hub, which is very sensitive to climate change. Numerous endemic species occur in the QTP and adjacent highlands, which represent centers of the preservation of ancient species and the differentiation of young species. A popular but rarely proven hypothesis is that the uplift of mountains creates environmental conditions (such as dispersed barriers or new habitats) that increase the rate of speciation. Evolutionary history and population genetics studies in the QTP have often revealed that mountain building triggered radiative speciation, resulting in the generation of many endemic species. However, several phylogeographic studies have shown that certain species may have retreated during the ice age to refugia located at the edge of the QTP and recolonized the QTP and the adjacent highlands after the ice age. Meanwhile, some other species also survived in the QTP at high altitudes during the glacial period. For those species, multiple refugia may have remained during the glacial period, some on the QTP, and others on its edge. For every species that has been researched, there is a species-specific feature in their evolutionary histories, even in some closely related species. Therefore, we are organizing this Special Issue of Diversity to explore evolutionary history and population genetic questions to plant endemic species to the QTP and adjacent area.
Dr. Faqi Zhang
Dr. Peng-Cheng Fu
Dr. Gulzar Khan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- genetic variation
- speciation
- hybridization
- phylogeny
- intraspecific divergence
- endemic species
- population genetics
