Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Oriental voles: genus Eothenomys (Muridae, Mammalia)

Evolutionary events in Lilium (including Nomocharis, Liliaceae) are temporally correlated with orogenies of the Q–T plateau and the Hengduan Mountains

“…Thus, our data seem to support the conclusions of Chen (1992Chen ( , 1996; namely that the H-D Movement may be a distinct, recent phase of Q-T uplift. Dated phylogenies of other Q-T Plateau organisms have also shown speciation bursts corresponding to $4 Mya (e.g., Jin et al, 2008;Luo et al, 2004;Zhang and Fritsch, 2010;Zhang et al, 2009).…”

Phylogeny and biogeography of Chinese sisorid catfishes re-examined using mitochondrial cytochrome b and 16S rRNA gene sequences

“…It is assumed that speciation events within this group are linked to historical changes in the geography of their main distribution habitat, which have been severely affected by several uplift events along the Qinhai-Tibetan Plateau. These geological processes have been considered to play a fundamental vicariant role in species of many other vertebrates endemic to this region (Luo et al, 2004;Pang et al, 2003;Rü ber et al, 2004). Thus, we wanted to test whether the uplift of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau also facilitated speciation and adaptation process of the sisorids.…”

Cyprininae phylogeny revealed independent origins of the Tibetan Plateau endemic polyploid cyprinids and their diversifications related to the Neogene uplift of the plateau

“…The age estimation of schizothoracine and glyptosternoid suggested that diversification of fishes in the Tibetan Plateau and its adjacent regions occurred during the period of late Cenozoic uplift of the Tibetan Plateau. Molecular dating analyses of other metazoan groups on the Tibetan Plateau also indicated that environmental and habitat heterogeneity associated with uplift of the Tibetan Plateau in the Cenozoic had promoted speciation (Guo and Wang, 2007;Luo et al, 2004). Therefore, impacts of the late Cenozoic uplift of the Tibetan Plateau on speciation and distribution of organisms on this plateau have been well documented in studies concerning phylogeny and biogeography, offering alternative tests for the hypotheses of historical processes of geological and concomitant ecological variations on the Tibetan Plateau during the Cenozoic era.…”