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Gone with the trees: Phylogeography of Rhodiola sect. Trifida (Crassulaceae) reveals multiple refugia on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Apr 2018
Li Yuan-Cong, Zhong Da-Lv, Rao Guang-Yuan, Wen Jun, Ren Yi, Zhang Jian-Qiang
Abstract excerpt
Quaternary climatic oscillations have had tremendous effects on current distribution of species. Previous studies unraveled multiple microrefugia on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) in two woody plants. Still we know little whether herbs growing in forests responded to climatic oscillations similarly. We herein conducted a phylogeographic study on Rhodiola sect. Trifida, an herbaceous group endemic to the QTP,...
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