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Genetically depauperate but widespread: the case of an emblematic Mediterranean pine.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Mar 2008
Vendramin Giovanni G, Fady Bruno, González-Martínez Santiago C, Hu Feng Sheng, Scotti Ivan, Sebastiani Federico, Soto Alvaro, Petit Rémy J
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Genetic variation is generally considered a prerequisite for adaptation to new environmental conditions. Thus the discovery of genetically depauperate but geographically widespread species is unexpected. We used 12 paternally inherited chloroplast microsatellites to estimate population genetic variation across the full range of an emblematic circum-Mediterranean conifer, stone pine (Pinus pinea L.). The same...
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