Early-Mid Pleistocene genetic differentiation and range expansions as exemplified by invasive Eurasian Bunias orientalis (Brassicaceae) indicates the Caucasus as key region.

Abstract excerpt

Turkish Warty cabbage, Bunias orientalis L. (Brassicaceae) is a perennial herb known for its 250 years of invasion history into Europe and worldwide temperate regions. Putative centers of origin were debated to be located in Turkey, the Caucasus or Eastern Europe. Based on the genetic variation from the nuclear and plastid genomes, we identified two major gene pools in the Caucasian-Irano-Turanian region and...

Topics

• Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
• Biodiversity
• Brassicaceae
• DNA, Plant
• Evolution, Molecular
• Genetic Variation
• Genetics, Population
• Genome, Plastid
• Genomics
• Geography