Evolutionary history of an alpine shrub Hippophae tibetana (Elaeagnaceae): Allopatric divergence and regional expansion

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-50

  Jia, Dong Rui ^a,c   Liu, Teng Liang ^a   Wang, Liu Yang ^b   Zhou, Dang Wei ^b   Liu, Jian Quan ^a,b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Coalescent simulations; CpDNA; Glacial refugia; ITS; Orogenic processes; Quaternary glaciation

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORPHOLOGY; OROGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; SHRUB;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ELAEAGNACEAE; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; HIPPOPHAE THIBETANA;

EID: 78650074666     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01553.x     Document Type: Article

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