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Pliocene intraspecific divergence and Plio-Pleistocene range expansions within Picea likiangensis (Lijiang spruce), a dominant forest tree of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2013
Li Long, Abbott Richard J, Liu Bingbing, Sun Yongshuai, Li Lili, Zou Jiabin, Wang Xi, Miehe Georg, Liu Jianquan
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A knowledge of intraspecific divergence and range dynamics of dominant forest trees in response to past geological and climate change is of major importance to an understanding of their recent evolution and demography. Such knowledge is informative of how forests were affected by environmental factors in the past and may provide pointers to their response to future environmental change. However, genetic...
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