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Combined ecological niche modelling and molecular phylogeography revealed the evolutionary history of Hordeum marinum (Poaceae)--niche differentiation, loss of genetic diversity, and speciation in Mediterranean Quaternary refugia.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2007
Jakob Sabine S, Ihlow Alexander, Blattner Frank R
Abstract excerpt
The Hordeum marinum species group consists of two annual grasses of western Eurasian saline meadows or marshes. The two grasses split in the Quaternary about two million years ago. Hordeum marinum and the diploid of Hordeum gussoneanum (2x) co-occur throughout the Mediterranean basin, while the autotetraploid cytotype of H. gussoneanum (4x) overlaps with its diploid progenitor geographically only in the utmost...
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