Natatanuran frogs used the Indian Plate to step-stone disperse and radiate across the Indian Ocean

• 来源期刊: 国家科学评论（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（1）
• 页码范围: 10-14
• 页数: 5页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwy092

摘要

Investigating the evolutionary history of widespread higher taxa,subjected to multiple tectonic events,can provide evidence for or against various palaeogeographical models of early Earth history [1,2].Contemporary biotic distributions have been strongly influenced by events associated with the breakup of Gondwana into present-day Africa,Antarctica,Australia,South America,Madagascar and India,during the Late Mesozoic and Early Palaeogene [2].The fragmentation of Gondwana and subsequent tectonic drift ultimately allowed biotic exchanges between Laurasia and Gondwana [2,3],influencing the global distributions of many taxa.