Pleistocene survival on central Alpine nunataks: genetic evidence from the jumping bristletail Machilis pallida

Mechanisms of survival during the P leistocene glaciation periods have been studied for more than a century. Until now, molecular studies that confirmed animal survival on A lpine nunataks, that is, ice‐free summits surrounded by glaciers, were restricted to peripheral areas. Here, we search for molecular signatures of inner‐ A lpine survival of the narrow endemic and putatively parthenogenetic A lpine jumping bristletail M achilis pallida...