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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Xu L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5980554 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ecology and evolution 20180424 10
<i>Daphnia</i> on the Tibetan Plateau has been little studied, and information on species diversity and biogeography is lacking. Here, we conducted a 4-year survey using the barcoding fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene to determine the distribution and diversity of <i>Daphnia</i> species found across the Plateau. Our results show that species richness is higher than previously thought, with total described and provisional species number doubling from 5 to 10. Six of the taxonomic units recov ...[more]