Genetic structure and diversity in Ramonda myconi (Gesneriaceae): Effects of historical climate change on a preglacial relict species

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 577-587

  Dubreuil, Marta ^a   Riba, Miquel ^a   Mayol, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chloroplast markers; Fragmentation; Gesneriaceae; Glacial refugia; Mediterranean climate; NE Iberian Peninsula; Paleoendemic species; Quaternary climatic changes; Ramonda myconi; RAPD

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GLACIAL HISTORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; QUATERNARY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

GESNERIACEAE; RAMONDA MYCONI;

EID: 44249094164     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.2007320     Document Type: Article

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