Extreme habitats that emerged in the Pleistocene triggered divergence of weedy Youngia (Asteraceae) in Taiwan

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 486-499

  Nakamura, Koh ^a   Chung, Kuo Fang ^b   Huang, Chiun Jr ^a   Kono, Yoshiko ^a   Kokubugata, Goro ^c   Peng, Ching I ^a  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coalescent theory; Divergence time; Glacial periods; Incomplete lineage sorting; Pleistocene; Weed

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; RNA 5.8S; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CHLOROPLAST; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; TAIWAN;

ASTERACEAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, INTERGENIC; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN;

ANTHOZOA; ASTERACEAE; JAPONICA; YOUNGIA; YOUNGIA JAPONICA;

EID: 84862809211     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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