Historical divergence vs. contemporary gene flow: Evolutionary history of the calcicole Ranunculus alpestris group (Ranunculaceae) in the European Alps and the Carpathians

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 4263-4275

  Paun, O ^a,b   SchOnswetter P ^b   Winkler, M ^b,c   Tribsch, A ^d  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

AFLP; Endemism; Hybridisation; Phylogeography; Ranunculus alpestris group; Refugia

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; PLANT DNA;

ALTITUDE; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; RANUNCULACEAE;

ALTITUDE; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; RANUNCULUS;

RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS ALPESTRIS;

EID: 52649142016     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03908.x     Document Type: Article

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