Quaternary range dynamics and polyploid evolution in an arid brushland plant species (Melampodium cinereum, Asteraceae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 594-606

  Rebernig, Carolin A ^a   Weiss Schneeweiss, Hanna ^a   Schneeweiss, Gerald M ^a   Schönswetter, Peter ^a   Obermayer, Renate ^a   Villaseñor, José Luis ^b   Stuessy, Tod F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aridification; Bayesian hypothesis testing; Phylogeography; Polyploidy

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; PLANT DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MEXICO; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYPLOIDY; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ASTERACEAE; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; POLYPLOIDY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEXAS;

ASTERACEAE; MELAMPODIUM CINEREUM;

EID: 73449148315     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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