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Genetic variation (AFLPs and nuclear microsatellites) in two anagenetically derived endemic species of Myrceugenia (Myrtaceae) on the Juan Fernández Islands, Chile.
American journal of botany - 1 Apr 2013
López-Sepúlveda Patricio, Takayama Koji, Greimler Josef, Peñailillo Patricio, Crawford Daniel J, Baeza Marcelo, Ruiz Eduardo, Kohl Gudrun, Tremetsberger Karin, Gatica Alejandro, Letelier Luis, Novoa Patricio, Novak Johannes, Stuessy Tod F
Abstract excerpt
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Anagenesis (or phyletic evolution) is one mode of speciation that occurs in the evolution of plants on oceanic islands. Of two endemic species on the Juan Fernández Islands (Chile), Myrceugenia fernandeziana and M. schulzei (Myrtaceae), believed to have originated anagenetically from different continental progenitors, the first is endemic to Robinson Crusoe Island and has no clear tie to...
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