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Sky islands as foci for divergence of fig trees and their pollinators in southwest China.
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2020
Deng Jun-Yin, Fu Rong-Hua, Compton Stephen G, Liu Mei, Wang Qin, Yuan Chuan, Zhang Lu-Shui, Chen Yan
Abstract excerpt
The dynamics of populations and their divergence over time have shaped current levels of biodiversity and in the case of the "sky islands" of mountainous southwest (SW) China have resulted in an area of exceptional botanical diversity. Ficus tikoua is a prostrate fig tree subendemic to the area that displays unique intraspecific diversity, producing figs typical of different pollination modes in different parts...
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