Disrupted phylogeographical microsatellite and chloroplast DNA patterns indicate a vicariance rather than long-distance dispersal origin for the disjunct distribution of the Chilean endemic Dioscorea biloba (Dioscoreaceae) around the Atacama Desert

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1073-1085

  Viruel, Juan ^a   Catalán, Pilar ^a   Segarra Moragues, José Gabriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Atmosphere and Ocean Laboratory   (Spain)

Author keywords

Desert; Dioscorea gr. Epipetrum; Dispersal models; Genetic diversity; Genetic structure; Nuclear microsatellite; Plastid haplotypes; South America; Vicariance; Yams

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHLOROPLAST; DESERT; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; DNA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MONOCOTYLEDON; NEOGENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERIPHERAL REGION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLASTID; POPULATION STRUCTURE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VICARIANCE;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREACEAE;

EID: 84861182336     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02658.x     Document Type: Article

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