Article
Phylogeography of the arid shrub Atraphaxis frutescens (Polygonaceae) in northwestern China: evidence from cpDNA sequences.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Xu Zhe, Zhang Ming-Li
Abstract excerpt
Climatic fluctuations during the Pleistocene are usually considered as a significant factor in shaping intraspecific genetic variation and influencing demographic histories. To well-understand these processes in desert northwest China, we selected arid adapted Atraphaxis frutescens as the study species. Two cpDNA regions (psbK-psbI, psbB-psbH) were sequenced in 272 individuals from 33 natural populations across...
Topics
- Bayes Theorem
- Biological Evolution
- China
- Climate Change
- DNA, Chloroplast
- DNA, Plant
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Haplotypes
- Phylogeography
- Polygonaceae
