{
  "id": 16281734,
  "title": "Global biogeography of geckos (Squamata: Gekkota) reveals Old-World origins and region-specific heterogeneity in diversification",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/global-biogeography-of-geckos-squamata-gekkota-reveals-old-world",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-23T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.21.760521v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Aim Investigating the biogeography and diversification dynamics of global radiations to understand how Earth history has influenced lineage proliferation has long been a goal of macroevolutionary biology. Gecko lizards, being an ancient and globally distributed hyperdiverse lineage, are an excellent system to elucidate how certain regions and events have shaped observed diversity. In this study,…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}