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Recent colonization of the Galápagos by the tree Geoffroea spinosa Jacq. (Leguminosae).
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2012
Caetano S, Currat M, Pennington R T, Prado D, Excoffier L, Naciri Y
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This study puts together genetic data and an approximate bayesian computation (ABC) approach to infer the time at which the tree Geoffroea spinosa colonized the Galápagos Islands. The genetic diversity and differentiation between Peru and Galápagos population samples, estimated using three chloroplast spacers and six microsatellite loci, reveal significant differences between two mainland regions separated by the...
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