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The origin of unique diversity in deglaciated areas: traces of Pleistocene processes in north-European endemics from the Galium pusillum polyploid complex (Rubiaceae).
Molecular ecology - 1 Mar 2015
Kolář Filip, Píšová Soňa, Záveská Eliška, Fér Tomáš, Weiser Martin, Ehrendorfer Friedrich, Suda Jan
Abstract excerpt
The role of glacial oscillations in shaping plant diversity has been only rarely addressed in endemics of formerly glaciated areas. The Galium pusillum group represents a rare example of an ecologically diverse and ploidy-variable species complex that exhibits substantial diversity in deglaciated northern Europe. Using AFLP and plastid and nuclear DNA sequences of 67 populations from northern, central, and...
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