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Evidence for cryptic northern refugia in the last glacial period in Cryptomeria japonica.
Annals of botany - 1 Dec 2014
Kimura Megumi K, Uchiyama Kentaro, Nakao Katsuhiro, Moriguchi Yoshinari, San Jose-Maldia Lerma, Tsumura Yoshihiko
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Distribution shifts and natural selection during past climatic changes are important factors in determining the genetic structure of forest species. In particular, climatic fluctuations during the Quaternary appear to have caused changes in the distribution ranges of plants, and thus strongly affected their genetic structure. This study was undertaken to identify the responses of the conifer...
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