Relaxed molecular clock provides evidence for long-distance dispersal of Nothofagus (southern beech)

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Knapp, Michael ^a   Stöckler, Karen ^a   Havell, David ^a,b   Delsuc, Frédéric ^a,c   Sebastiani, Federico ^d   Lockhart, Peter J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Universal College of Learning   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEECH; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPLAST; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; NOTHOFAGUS; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT EVOLUTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHRONOBIOLOGY; FOSSIL; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; FAGUS; LOPHOZONIA; NOTHOFAGUS;

CHRONOBIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FAGUS; FOSSILS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS; TREES;

EID: 14644409744     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030014     Document Type: Article

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