Evolutionary divergence and possible incipient speciation in post-glacial populations of a cosmopolitan aquatic plant

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-26

  Nies, G ^a   Reusch, T B H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Gene flow; Genetic markers; Incipient speciation; Isolation by distance; Pondweed; Population structure; Potamogeton pectinatus

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; ICE;

AQUATIC PLANT; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; POSTGLACIAL; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; POTAMOGETONACEAE;

BALTIC STATES; EVOLUTION; FRESH WATER; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; ICE; POTAMOGETONACEAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS;

EID: 12744273232     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00818.x     Document Type: Article

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