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Multi-Phase US Spread and Habitat Switching of a Post-Columbian Invasive, Sorghum halepense.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Sezen U Uzay, Barney Jacob N, Atwater Daniel Z, Pederson Gary A, Pederson Jeffrey F, Chandler J Mike, Cox T Stan, Cox Sheila, Dotray Peter, Kopec David, Smith Steven E, Schroeder Jill, Wright Steven D, Jiao Yuannian, Kong Wenqian, Goff Valorie, Auckland Susan, Rainville Lisa K, Pierce Gary J, Lemke Cornelia, Compton Rosana, Phillips Christine, Kerr Alexandra, Mettler Matthew, Paterson Andrew H
Abstract excerpt
Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) is a striking example of a post-Columbian founder event. This natural experiment within ecological time-scales provides a unique opportunity for understanding patterns of continent-wide genetic diversity following range expansion. Microsatellite markers were used for population genetic analyses including leaf-optimized Neighbor-Joining tree, pairwise FST, mismatch analysis,...
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