Strait of Gibraltar: An effective gene-flow barrier for wind-pollinated Carex helodes (Cyperaceae) as revealed by DNA sequences, AFLP, and cytogenetic variation

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 745-755

  Escudero, Marcial ^a   Vargas, Pablo ^b   Valcárcel, Virginia ^a   Luceño, Modesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

AFLP; Cytogeography; Founder effect; Genetic diversity patterns; ITS; Long distance dispersal; rps16 intron; Western Mediterranean Basin

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MONOCOTYLEDON; POLLINATION; WIND FORCING;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

CAREX; CYPERACEAE; HELODES;

EID: 45749138749     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.2007342     Document Type: Article

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