Genetically diverse but with surprisingly little geographical structure: The complex history of the widespread herb carex nigra (cyperaceae)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2279-2291

  Jiménez Mejías, Pedro ^a,b   Luceño, Modesto ^a   Lye, Kåre Arnstein ^c   Brochmann, Christian ^b   Gussarova, Galina ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Boreal temperate herb; Europe; Extensive gene flow; Glacial refugia; Rpl32 trnLUAG; Trans Atlantic dispersal; Vicariance; Ycf6 psbM

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST; COLONIZATION; DATA SET; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HERB; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM; REFUGIUM; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; VICARIANCE;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; HIMALAYAS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CAREX; CAREX NIGRA; CYPERACEAE;

EID: 84869877290     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02740.x     Document Type: Article

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