A hybrid zone dominated by fertile F1s of two alpine shrub species, Phyllodoce caerulea and Phyllodoce aleutica, along a snowmelt gradient

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 588-597

  Kameyama, Y ^a   Kasagi, T ^b   Kudo, G ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpine ecosystems; Bayesian statistical method; Clonal perpetuation; Fertile F1 hybrid; Flowering phenology; Hybrid zone; Natural hybridization; Phyllodoce; Snowmelt time

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; SNOW;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLONE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLOWERING; GENE FLOW; HYBRID ZONE; HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOLOGY; SHRUB; SNOWMELT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALTITUDE; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ERICACEAE; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; FLOWER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; JAPAN; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ALTITUDE; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; COLD CLIMATE; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; ECOSYSTEM; ERICACEAE; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; FLOWERS; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; JAPAN; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SNOW; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

PHYLLODOCE ALEUTICA; PHYLLODOCE CAERULEA;

EID: 38849190543     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01476.x     Document Type: Article

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