Pleistocene colonization of afro-alpine 'sky islands' by the arctic-alpine Arabis alpina

Heredity

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-142

  Assefa, A ^a,b   Ehrich, D ^b   Taberlet, P ^c   Nemomissa, S ^a   Brochmann, C ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Afro alpine; Arabis alpina; cpDNA; East Africa; Phylogeography; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANGIOSPERM; CHLOROPLAST; COLONIZATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENDEMISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ISLAND; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; REFUGIUM; RELICT COMMUNITY; TERTIARY;

AFRICA; ARABIS; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ETHIOPIA; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ARABIS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; ETHIOPIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; PHYLOGENY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AFRICA; ARABIAN PENINSULA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; EURASIA; GARA MULETA; KENYA; MIDDLE EAST; RIFT VALLEY; SIMEN MOUNTAINS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ARABIS; ARABIS ALPINA;

EID: 34547161807     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800974     Document Type: Article

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