<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gemma E. Collins</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Young, Monica R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Peter Convey</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Steven L. Chown</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Craig S Cary</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Byron Adams</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Diana H. Wall</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hogg, Ian D.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biogeography and genetic diversity of terrestrial mites in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genes</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acari</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antarctic conservation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DNA barcoding</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">geographic isolation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">speciation</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2023</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">03/2023</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/14/3/606</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">606</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Free-living terrestrial mites (Acari) have persisted through numerous glacial cycles in Antarctica. Very little is known, however, of their genetic diversity and distribution, particularly within the Ross Sea region. To redress this gap, we sampled mites throughout the Ross Sea region, East Antarctica, including Victoria Land and the Queen Maud Mountains (QMM), covering a latitudinal range of 72&amp;ndash;85 &amp;deg;S, as well as Lauft Island near Mt. Siple (73 &amp;deg;S) in West Antarctica and Macquarie Island (54 &amp;deg;S) in the sub-Antarctic. We assessed genetic diversity using mitochondrial cytochrome &lt;i&gt;c&lt;/i&gt; oxidase subunit I gene sequences (COI-5P DNA barcode region), and also morphologically identified voucher specimens. We obtained 130 sequences representing four genera: &lt;i&gt;Nanorchestes&lt;/i&gt; (n = 30 sequences), &lt;i&gt;Stereotydeus&lt;/i&gt; (n = 46), &lt;i&gt;Coccorhagidia&lt;/i&gt; (n = 18) and &lt;i&gt;Eupodes&lt;/i&gt; (n = 36). Tree-based analyses (maximum likelihood) revealed 13 genetic clusters, representing as many as 23 putative species indicated by barcode index numbers (BINs) from the Barcode of Life Datasystems (BOLD) database. We found evidence for geographically-isolated cryptic species, e.g., within &lt;i&gt;Stereotydeus belli&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;S. punctatus&lt;/i&gt;, as well as unique genetic groups occurring in sympatry (e.g., &lt;i&gt;Nanorchestes&lt;/i&gt; spp. in QMM). Collectively, these data confirm high genetic divergence as a consequence of geographic isolation over evolutionary timescales. From a conservation perspective, additional targeted sampling of understudied areas in the Ross Sea region should be prioritised, as further diversity is likely to be found in these short-range endemic mites.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue></record></records></xml>