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A mistletoe tale: postglacial invasion of Psittacanthus schiedeanus (Loranthaceae) to Mesoamerican cloud forests revealed by molecular data and species distribution modeling.
BMC evolutionary biology - 12 Apr 2016
Ornelas Juan Francisco, Gándara Etelvina, Vásquez-Aguilar Antonio Acini, Ramírez-Barahona Santiago, Ortiz-Rodriguez Andrés Ernesto, González Clementina, Mejía Saules María Teresa, Ruiz-Sanchez Eduardo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Ecological adaptation to host taxa is thought to result in mistletoe speciation via race formation. However, historical and ecological factors could also contribute to explain genetic structuring particularly when mistletoe host races are distributed allopatrically. Using sequence data from nuclear (ITS) and chloroplast (trnL-F) DNA, we investigate the genetic differentiation of 31 Psittacanthus...
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