Phylogeography of a Tertiary relict plant, Meconopsis cambrica (Papaveraceae), implies the existence of northern refugia for a temperate herb

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1423-1437

  Valtueña, Francisco J ^a,b   Preston, Chris D ^c   Kadereit, Joachim W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amplified fragment length polymorphisms; cpDNA; cryptic refugia; glacial refugia; haplotypes; ITS; Pyrenees

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; ICE COVER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PAPAVERACEAE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; ICE COVER; PAPAVERACEAE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MECONOPSIS; MECONOPSIS CAMBRICA; PAPAVER; PAPAVERACEAE;

EID: 84858076267     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05473.x     Document Type: Article

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