Rapid radiation and dispersal out of the qinghai-tibetan plateau of an alpine plant lineage rhodiola (crassulaceae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 147-158

  Zhang, Jian Qiang ^a   Meng, Shi Yong ^a   Allen, Geraldine A ^b   Wen, Jun ^c   Rao, Guang Yuan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral distribution; Divergence time; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Rapid radiation; Reticulate evolution; Rhodiola

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; RHODIOLA; RIBOSOME;

BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; RHODIOLA; RIBOSOMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84899998080     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.04.013     Document Type: Article

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