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Which Latitudinal Gradients for Genetic Diversity?

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A recent global analysis of GenBank DNA sequences from amphibians and mammals indicated consistent poleward decrease of intraspecific genetic diversity in both classes. We highlight that this result was biased by not accounting for distance decay of similarity and reanalyse the datasets, revealing distinct latitudinal gradients in mammals and amphibians.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Fabrizio Mafessoni, Roger Mundry, and Ludovic Orlando for valuable comments and support. P.G., G.B., and H.K. acknowledge funding by the Max Planck Society through the Pan African Programme (http://panafrican.eva.mpg.de). P.K. and M.W. acknowledge funding by the DFG for iDiv (FZT 118).

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