Genetic consequences of Last Glacial-Holocene changes in snowfall regime in Arnica mallotopus populations: A plant confined to heavy-snow areas of Japan.
Kazutoshi MasudaHiroaki SetoguchiKoki NagasawaShun K HirotaYoshihisa SuyamaKazuhiro SawaShigeru FukumotoMasae I IshiharaHarue AbeHayato TsuboiTsuguoki TangoSayoko MoriShota SakaguchiPublished in: American journal of botany (2024)
These findings indicate that postglacial population responses vary among regions and are controlled by environmental and geographic factors. Thus, changes in snowfall regime played a major role in shaping the distribution and genetic structure of the snow-dependent plant.