Article
Phylogeography of Plathymenia reticulata (Leguminosae) reveals patterns of recent range expansion towards northeastern Brazil and southern Cerrados in Eastern Tropical South America.
Molecular ecology - 1 Mar 2010
Novaes Renan Milagres Lage, De Lemos Filho José Pires, Ribeiro Renata Acácio, Lovato Maria Bernadete
Abstract excerpt
Little is known about past vegetation dynamics in Eastern Tropical South America (ETSA). Here we describe patterns of chloroplast (cp) DNA variation in Plathymenia reticulata, a widespread tree in the ETSA Atlantic Forest and Cerrado biomes, but not found in the xeromorphic Caatinga. Forty one populations, comprising 220 individuals, were analysed by sequencing the trnS-trnG and trnL-trnL-trnF cpDNA regions....
Topics
- Brazil
- DNA, Chloroplast
- DNA, Plant
- Fabaceae
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Geography
- Haplotypes
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- South America