High levels of intraspecific genetic divergences revealed for Antarctic springtails: evidence for small-scale isolation during Pleistocene glaciation

• Published in: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
• Main Authors: Bennett, Kristi R., Hogg, Ian D., Adams, Byron J., Hebert, Paul D.N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2016
• Subjects: Collembola; glaciation; population genetics; refugia; Ross Sea region; springtails; Antarctic; Kya; Mackay; Mackay Glacier; Ross Dependency; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctic Springtail; Antarctica; Antarcticinella monoculata; Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni; Springtail
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/10279; https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12796

We examined levels of genetic variability within and among populations of three Antarctic springtail species (Arthropoda: Collembola) and tested the hypothesis that genetic divergences occur among glacially-isolated habitats. The study was conducted in southern Victoria Land, Ross Dependency, Antarc...