Temporal and spatial diversification of the African disjunct genus Androcymbium (Colchicaceae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 848-861

  del Hoyo, Alberto ^a   García Marín, José Luis ^b   Pedrola Monfort, Joan ^c  

^a Marimurtra Bot Garden   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Androcymbium; Arid track; Bayesian analysis; Colchicaceae; Dispersal vicariance; Molecular dating; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

ANDROCYMBIUM; COLCHICACEAE; COLCHICUM; MYA;

CHLOROPLAST DNA; PLANT DNA;

AFRICA; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; INDEL MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICA; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; INDEL MUTATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LILIACEAE; MARKOV CHAINS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 74949129480     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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