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The importance of Anatolian mountains as the cradle of global diversity in Arabis alpina, a key arctic-alpine species.
Annals of botany - 1 Aug 2011
Ansell Stephen W, Stenøien Hans K, Grundmann Michael, Russell Stephen J, Koch Marcus A, Schneider Harald, Vogel Johannes C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Anatolia is a biologically diverse, but phylogeographically under-explored region. It is described as either a centre of origin and long-term Pleistocene refugium, or as a centre for genetic amalgamation, fed from distinct neighbouring refugia. These contrasting hypotheses are tested through a global phylogeographic analysis of the arctic-alpine herb, Arabis alpina. METHODS: Herbarium and...
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