Refugia, dispersal and divergence in a forest archipelago: A study of Streptocarpus in eastern South Africa

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 4415-4426

  Hughes, M ^a   Moller M ^a   Bellstedt, D U ^b   Edwards, T J ^c   De Villiers, M ^b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Indigenous forest; Microsatellites; Refugia; South Africa; Streptocarpus

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCARPUS; STREPTOCARPUS PRIMULIFOLIUS; STREPTOCARPUS REXII;

CHLOROPLAST DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANGIOSPERMS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33746722110     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02756.x     Document Type: Article

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