Systematics and evolution of Arctic-Alpine Arabis Alpina (Brassicaceae) and its closest relatives in the eastern Mediterranean

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 778-794

  Karl, Robert ^a   Kiefer, Christiane ^b   Ansell, Stephan W ^c   Koch, Marcus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual species; Arabis Alpina; Brassicaceae; Eastern Mediterranean; Evolutionary history; Perennial species; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; PLANT DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ARABIS; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLAST; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLOIDY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TIME;

ARABIS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLASTS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHYLOGENY; PLOIDIES; TIME FACTORS;

ANATOLIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TURKEY;

ARABIS; ARABIS ALPINA; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 84860562319     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100447     Document Type: Article

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