The phylogeography of the rodent genus Malacomys suggests multiple Afrotropical Pleistocene lowland forest refugia Universiteit Antwerpen
Aim This study aims to reconstruct the evolutionary history of the African rodent genus Malacomys and to identify factors driving diversification within this genus. Location African tropical lowland forest. Methods Analyses were based on sampling representatives from most of the known geographical range of the genus. We assessed genetic structure and historical biogeography using a combination of mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Morphological ...