Peatmoss (Sphagnum) diversification associated with Miocene Northern Hemisphere climatic cooling?

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1139-1145

  Shaw, A Jonathan ^a   Devos, Nicolas ^b   Cox, Cymon J ^c   Boles, Sandra B ^a   Shaw, Blanka ^a   Buchanan, Alex M ^d   Cave, Lynette ^d   Seppelt, Rodney ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d Tasmanian Herbarium   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bryophyte evolution; Miocene; Peatlands; Peatmosses; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SOIL; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DNA, PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 77953129459     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.020     Document Type: Article

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