Population divergence in plant species reflects latitudinal biodiversity gradients

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 382-384

  Eo, Soo Hyung ^a   Wares, John P ^b   Carroll, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic population divergence; Latitudinal biodiversity gradient; Nei's genetic distance; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME;

ALLOZYME; BIODIVERSITY; DIVERGENCE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 46949104681     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0109     Document Type: Article

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