Population genetic structure and gene flow across arid versus mesic environments: A comparative study of two parapatric Senecio species from the Near East

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-54

  Comes, Hans Peter ^a,b   Abbott, Richard J ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Aridity; Chloroplast DNA; Gene flow; Hybridization; Population structure; Senecio

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENE FLOW; POPULATION GENETICS;

ASTERACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; GLAUCUS; SENECIO; SENECIO GLAUCUS; SENECIO VERNALIS;

EID: 0033037242     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb05331.x     Document Type: Article

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