Molecular evidence for an Asian origin and a unique westward migration of species in the genus Castanea via Europe to North America

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-59

  Lang, Ping ^a   Dane, Fenny ^a   Kubisiak, Thomas L ^b   Huang, Hongwen ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Castanea; ndhF; rpl16; ycf6 psbM; ycf9 trnGM

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; FAGACEAE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FAGACEAE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CASTANEA; CASTANEA CRENATA; CASTANEA DENTATA; CASTANEA PUMILA; CASTANEA PUMILA VAR. OZARKENSIS; CASTANEA PUMILA VAR. PUMILA; FAGACEAE;

EID: 33947591780     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.07.022     Document Type: Article

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