Article
Strong population bottleneck and repeated demographic expansions of Populus adenopoda (Salicaceae) in subtropical China.
Annals of botany - 14 Mar 2018
Fan Liqiang, Zheng Honglei, Milne Richard I, Zhang Lei, Mao Kangshan
Abstract excerpt
Background and Aims: Glacial refugia and inter-/postglacial recolonization routes during the Quaternary of tree species in Europe and North America are well understood, but far less is known about those of tree species in subtropical eastern Asia. Thus, we have examined the phylogeographic history of Populus adenopoda (Salicaceae), one of the few poplars that naturally occur in this subtropical area. Methods:...
Topics
- China
- DNA, Chloroplast
- Demography
- Ecosystem
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Haplotypes
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Populus
- Refugium
- Tropical Climate
