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Plastome phylogeography in two African rain forest legume trees reveals that Dahomey Gap populations originate from the Cameroon volcanic line.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Sept 2020
Demenou Boris B, Migliore Jérémy, Heuertz Myriam, Monthe Franck K, Ojeda Dario I, Wieringa Jan J, Dauby Gilles, Albreht Laura, Boom Arthur, Hardy Olivier J
Abstract excerpt
Paleo-environmental data show that the distribution of African rain forests was affected by Quaternary climate changes. In particular, the Dahomey Gap (DG) - a 200 km wide savanna corridor currently separating the West African and Central African rain forest blocks and containing relict rain forest fragments - was forested during the mid-Holocene and possibly during previous interglacial periods, whereas it was...
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