Evolutionary diversifications of plants on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Wen, Jun ^a   Zhang, Jian Qiang ^b   Nie, Ze Long ^c   Zhong, Yang ^d,e   Sun, Hang ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allopatric speciation; Biogeography; Evolutionary radiations; Qinghai tibetan plateau; QTP; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; ALLOPOLYPLOIDY; ARALIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CAPRIFOLIACEAE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORIARIA MYRTIFOLIA; CORIARIA NEPALENSIS; CORIARIA TERMINALIS; CUCURBITALES; CYTOLOGY; ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MANDRAGORA; MANDRAGORA AUTUMNALIS BERTOL; MANDRAGORA CHINGHAIENSIS; MANDRAGORA OFFICINARUM; MANDRAGORA TURCOMANICA MIZGIR; NONHUMAN; PAPAVERACEAE; PEDICULARIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; POLLINATION; POLYPLOIDY; PRIMULACEAE; RADIATION; REVIEW; RHODIOLA; RHODODENDRON; SAUSSUREA; SAXIFRAGACEAE; VICARIANCE;

EID: 84897584221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00004     Document Type: Review

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