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Genetic patterns of habitat fragmentation and past climate-change effects in the Mediterranean high-mountain plant Armeria caespitosa (Plumbaginaceae).
American journal of botany - 1 Aug 2013
García-Fernández Alfredo, Iriondo Jose M, Escudero Adrián, Aguilar Javier Fuertes, Feliner Gonzalo Nieto
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Mountain plants are among the species most vulnerable to global warming, because of their isolation, narrow geographic distribution, and limited geographic range shifts. Stochastic and selective processes can act on the genome, modulating genetic structure and diversity. Fragmentation and historical processes also have a great influence on current genetic patterns, but the spatial and...
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