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ArticleZoological research2025

Phylogeography of a dominant desert lizard reveals the synergistic effects of topography and climate dynamics on diversification in arid eastern-Central Asia.

Abid Ali, Da-Li Chen, Tatjana N Dujsebayeva, Qi Song, Khayankhyarvaa Terbish, Jun Li, Yin Qi, Xian-Guang Guo

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8 authors.

Abid AliChengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610213, China.
Da-Li ChenDepartment of Pathogenic Biology, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China.
Tatjana N DujsebayevaLaboratory of Ornithology and Herpetology, Institute of Zoology, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty 050060, Kazakhstan.
Qi SongChengdu Library and Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610299, China.
Khayankhyarvaa TerbishDepartment of Biology, School of Sciences and Arts, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 14200, Mongolia.
Jun LiCollege of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830046, China.
Yin QiChengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610213, China.
Xian-Guang GuoChengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610213, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Comprehensive phylogeographic insights require the integration of evidence across diverse taxa, ecosystems, and geographical regions. However, our understanding of the arid biota of the vast Asian drylands remains limited. Accordingly, this study combined phylogeographic analyses with ecological niche modeling to investigate patterns of diversification and demography of the Central Asian racerunner (

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Animal DistributionGenetic VariationLizardsAnimalsAsiaClimateDesert ClimateDNA, MitochondrialEcosystemPhylogeographyDNA, MitochondrialDemographic historyEcological niche modelingGenetic structurePhylogeographyPleistocene climatic oscillations

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PMCPMC12361902

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