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Phylogeny and biogeography of the American live oaks (Quercus subsection Virentes): a genomic and population genetics approach.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2015
Cavender-Bares Jeannine, González-Rodríguez Antonio, Eaton Deren A R, Hipp Andrew A L, Beulke Anne, Manos Paul S
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The nature and timing of evolution of niche differentiation among closely related species remains an important question in ecology and evolution. The American live oak clade, Virentes, which spans the unglaciated temperate and tropical regions of North America and Mesoamerica, provides an instructive system in which to examine speciation and niche evolution. We generated a fossil-calibrated phylogeny of Virentes...
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