Article
Pure species in a continuum of genetic and morphological variation: sympatric oaks at the edge of their range.
Annals of botany - 1 Apr 2016
Beatty Gemma E, Montgomery W Ian, Spaans Florentine, Tosh David G, Provan Jim
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Studies on oaks (Quercus spp.) have often been hampered by taxonomic confusion, a situation further compounded by the occurrence of extensive interspecific hybridization. In the present study, a combination of genetic and morphological analyses was used to examine sympatric populations of Q. petraea and Q. robur at the north-western edge of their ranges in Northern Ireland, since it had...
Topics
- Cell Nucleus
- Chloroplasts
- Genetic Variation
- Geography
- Quercus
- Species Specificity
- Sympatry