Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Persea group (Lauraceae) and its biogeographic implications on the evolution of tropical and subtropical Amphi-Pacific disjunctions

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1520-1536

  Li, Lang ^a,b   Li, Jie ^a,b   Rohwer, Jens G ^c   van der Werff, Henk ^d   Wang, Zhi Hua ^a,f   Li, Hsi Wen ^e  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^e KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Amphi pacific; Biogeography; Disjunction; Lauraceae; Molecular phylogeny; Persea group

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COOLING; DICOTYLEDON; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; EOCENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; RELATEDNESS; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CALIBRATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; LAURACEAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CALIBRATION; DNA PRIMERS; GEOGRAPHY; LAURACEAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

MACARONESIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALSEODAPHNE; APOLLONIAS BARBUJANA; DEHAASIA; LAURACEAE; MYA; PERSEA;

EID: 84863337611     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100006     Document Type: Article

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