Allopatric divergence and secondary contacts in Euphorbia spinosa L: Influence of climatic changes on the split of the species

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 357-372

  Zecca, G ^a   Casazza, G ^b   Minuto, L ^b   Labra, M ^c   Grassi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Admixture; Apennines; Glacial refugia; Haplotype; Maritime alps; Multiple refugia

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; CHLOROPLAST; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MIGRATION ROUTE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; REFUGIUM; SHRUB; SURVIVAL;

ALPS; APENNINES; BALKANS; CORSE; FRANCE; ITALIAN PENINSULA; ITALY; LIGURIAN ALPS; MARITIME ALPS; WESTERN ALPS;

EUPHORBIA;

EID: 84855689567     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13127-011-0063-1     Document Type: Article

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