| Affiliation: | 1. Donghu Experimental Station of Lake Ecosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China;Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
2. Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
3. College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China |
| Abstract: | Based on the variation of site 34, 46, 241, 305 and 322 in the 18S-ITS1 rDNA sequence, 19 Carchesium polypinum populations collected from eight provinces of China were separated into northern and southern population along the delineation between the Yangtze River and the Pearl River. This geographic distribution pattern of Carchesium polypinum maybe results from two factors: the vicariance resulting from the formation of the delineation between the Pearl River and the Yangtze River accompanied with the uplift of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, and the different dispersal paths of C. polypinum affected by the climate. |
