Disentangling phylogeography, polyploid evolution and taxonomy of a woodland herb (Veronica chamaedrys group, Plantaginaceae s.l.) in southeastern Europe

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 771-786

  Bardy, Katharina E ^a   Albach, Dirk C ^b,c   Schneeweiss, Gerald M ^a   Fischer, Manfred A ^a   Schönswetter, Peter ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

AFLP; Balkan Peninsula; Genome size; Morphometrics; Plastid DNA; Polyploidy; Southeastern Europe; Veronica chamaedrys

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT GENOME; POLYPLOIDY; VERONICA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, PLANT; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYPLOIDY; VERONICA;

PLANTAGINACEAE; VERONICA; VERONICA CHAMAEDRYS;

EID: 78049411539     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.06.025     Document Type: Article

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