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Zamia (Cycadales: Zamiaceae) on Puerto Rico: asymmetric genetic differentiation and the hypothesis of multiple introductions.
American journal of botany - 1 Nov 2012
Meerow Alan W, Francisco-Ortega Javier, Calonje Michael, Griffith M Patrick, Ayala-Silva Tomás, Stevenson Dennis W, Nakamura Kyoko
Abstract excerpt
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: This study of Zamia in Puerto Rico is the most intensive population genetics investigation of a cycad to date in terms of number of markers, and one of few microsatellite DNA studies of plants from the highly critical Caribbean biodiversity hotspot. Three distinctive Zamia taxa occur on the island: Z. erosa on the north coast, and Z. portoricensis and Z. pumila, both in the south. Their...
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