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Two postglacial immigration lineages of the polyploid Cerastium alpinum (Caryophyllaceae).
Hereditas - 1 Jan 2001
Berglund A B, Westerbergh A
Abstract excerpt
The plant cover of Fennoscandia is young because of the recent glaciation. This study covers the early stages of diversification and the genetic consequences of postglacial migration of a hermaphroditic polyploid plant. Cerastium alpinum. It has a continuous distribution in the alpine region, where it grows on alpine heaths and serpentine soils that are rich in heavy metals. Within the boreal forest C. alpinum...
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