Claim · model-written summary
Three genetic groups diverged in the Middle Pleistocene, partly independently of morphology.
Verbatim
e0“three major genetic groups that diverged during the Middle Pleistocene, partly uncoupled from morphological differentiation”
t0“Poa sect. Stenopoa”
Title
Evgenii Baiakhmetov; Sirilak Radbouchoom; Ekaterina Noskova; et al. Communications Biology 2026. doi:10.1038/s42003-026-10395-6
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation The groups diverged from a small ancestral population.
- Observation Divergence was followed by niche partitioning.
- Observation Divergence was followed by secondary contact and episodic gene flow promoted by glacial oscillations.
- Association Morphological traits associated with cold and arid tolerance indicated ecological adaptation.
