CLIFFS SUPPORT LICHEN COMMUNITIES UNIQUE FROM NEARBY FORESTS

Cliffs support lichen communities unique from nearby forests

Cliffs support rare, endemic, and glacial relict vegetation that may differ from vegetation in surrounding forests.Yet, cliffs are difficult to sample, and rock-dwelling lichens can be challenging to identify; therefore, cliff lichens are often excluded from biodiversity studies.This omission creates fundamental gaps in our understanding of cliff l

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Phylogenomic analyses of all species of swordtail fishes (genus Xiphophorus) show that hybridization preceded speciation

Abstract Hybridization has been recognized to play important roles in evolution, however studies of the genetic consequence are still lagging behind in vertebrates due to the lack of appropriate experimental systems.Fish of the blondor pale quartz genus Xiphophorus are proposed to have evolved with multiple ancient and ongoing hybridization events.

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