The complex evolutionary dynamics of ancient and recent polyploidy in Leucaena (leguminosae; mimosoideae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2064-2076

  Govindarajulu, Rajanikanth ^a   Hughes, Colin E ^b,c   Alexander, Patrick J ^a   Donovan Bailey, C ^a,c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'spene' tree; Allopolyploidy; Diploidization; Human translocation; Hybridization; Leguminosae; Leucaena; Paleopolyploidy; Plant

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; LEGUME; POLYPLOIDY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TRANSLOCATION;

ARTICLE; DIPLOIDY; FABACEAE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOME SIZE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PALEONTOLOGY; POLYPLOIDY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; TIME;

DIPLOIDY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FABACEAE; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME SIZE; HUMANS; PALEONTOLOGY; POLYPLOIDY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

FABACEAE; LEUCAENA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MIMOSOIDEAE;

EID: 84858418466     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100260     Document Type: Article

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