The Strait of Gibraltar as a major biogeographic barrier in Mediterranean conifers: A comparative phylogeographic survey

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 5452-5468

  Jaramillo Correa, J P ^a,b   Grivet, D ^a   Terrab, A ^c,d   Kurt, Y ^e   De Lucas, A I ^f,g   Wahid, N ^h   Vendramin, G G ⁱ   Gonzalez Martinez S C ^a,g  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigación Y Tecnología Agraria Y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^e AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f Campus Universitario la Yutera   (Spain)

^g University of Valladolid   (Spain)

^h SULTAN MOULAY SLIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

ⁱ CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abies; cytoplasmic DNA; isolation with migration model; phylogeography; Pinus; Strait of Gibraltar; Taxus

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONIFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GIBRALTAR; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GIBRALTAR; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ABIES; ABIES PINSAPO; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS NIGRA; PINUS PINASTER; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 78650147593     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04912.x     Document Type: Article

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