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Molecular analysis of plant migration and refugia in the Arctic.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 25 Aug 2000
Abbott R J, Smith L C, Milne R I, Crawford R M, Wolff K, Balfour J
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The arctic flora is thought to have originated during the late Tertiary, approximately 3 million years ago. Plant migration routes during colonization of the Arctic are currently unknown, and uncertainty remains over where arctic plants survived Pleistocene glaciations. A phylogenetic analysis of chloroplast DNA variation in the purple saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) indicates that this plant first occurred...
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