Is there a northern dispersal corridor between Southeast and Central Asia? Evidence from the freshwater snail Radix plicatula

Ivan Nekhaev; Amina Omarova; Anel Ishayeva

doi:10.3897/arphapreprints.e194582

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https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e194582 (07 Apr 2026)

Published in: Frontiers of Biogeography https://doi.org/10.21425/fob.19.194218

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doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e194582

First posted 07 Apr 2026

Authors

Ivan Nekhaev

Institute of Zoology, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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Amina Omarova - Corresponding author

Institute of Zoology, Almaty, Kazakhstan

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Anel Ishayeva

Institute of Zoology, Almaty, Kazakhstan

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Author contributions

Ivan Nekhaev: conceptualization; field sampling; morphological analysis; phylogenetic analysis and species distribution modelling; preparation of the original draft. Amina Omarova: DNA extraction; polymerase chain reaction; sequence processing; molecular phylogenetic analysis. Anel Ishayeva: organisation of field expeditions; specimen collection.

Conflict of interest

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Supporting agencies

Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Grant No. AP22783298)

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