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Comparative phylogeography of the Smilax hispida group (Smilacaceae) in eastern Asia and North America--implications for allopatric speciation, causes of diversity disparity, and origins of temperate elements in Mexico.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Aug 2013
Zhao Yunpeng, Qi Zhechen, Ma Weiwei, Dai Qiongyan, Li Pan, Cameron Kenneth M, Lee Joongku, Xiang Qiu-Yun Jenny, Fu Chengxin
Abstract excerpt
The Smilax hispida group (Smilacaceae) exhibits a discontinuous distribution in eastern Asia, eastern and western United States, and Mexico. A broad scale phylogeographic analysis was conducted for this group to evaluate the hypotheses of accelerated allopatric divergence in eastern Asia and a northern origin of the temperate elements in Mexico. Phylogeny was inferred using seven plastid and nuclear DNA...
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