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Repeated range expansion and glacial endurance of Potentilla glabra (Rosaceae) in the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau.
Journal of integrative plant biology - 1 Jul 2009
Wang Liu-Yang, Ikeda Hiroshi, Liu Teng-Liang, Wang Yu-Jin, Liu Jian-Quan
Abstract excerpt
To date, little is still known about how alpine species occurring in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) responded to past climatic oscillations. Here, by using variations of the chloroplast trnT-L, we examined the genetic distribution pattern of 101 individuals of Potentilla glabra, comprising both the interior QTP and the plateau edge. Phylogenetic and network analyses of 31 recovered haplotypes identified three...
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