Chloroplast DNA phylogeography suggests a West African centre of origin for the baobab, Adansonia digitata L. (Bombacoideae, Malvaceae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1707-1715

  Pock Tsy, Jean Michel Leong ^a,b   Lumaret, Roselyne ^c   Mayne, Diana ^b   Vall, Abdallahi Ould Mohamed ^d   Abutaba, Yahia I M ^e   Sagna, Maurice ^f   Raoseta, Soaharin'Ny Ony Rakotondralambo ^b   Danthu, Pascal ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Campus de Baillarguet ^*  (South Africa)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d Ecole Normale Supérieure   (Mauritania)

^e State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources   (Sudan)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Adansonia digitata L.; African baobab; Bombacoideae; CpDNA PCR RFLP variation; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; SEA WATER;

ADANSONIA; AFRICA; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADANSONIA; AFRICA, WESTERN; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; HAPLOTYPES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEAWATER; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ADANSONIA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA; BOMBACOIDEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE;

EID: 63849178632     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04144.x     Document Type: Article

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