Influence of the Quaternary Glacial Cycles and the Mountains on the Reticulations in the Subsection Willkommia of the Genus Centaurea

Influence of the Quaternary Glacial Cycles and the Mountains on the Reticulations in the Subsection Willkommia of the Genus Centaurea

Late Neogene and Quaternary climatic oscillations have greatly shaped the genetic structure of the Mediterranean Basin flora, with mountain plant species tracking warm interglacials/cold glacials by means of altitudinal shifts instead of broad latitudinal ones. Such dynamics may have enhanced popula...

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Main Authors: Samira Ben-Menni Schuler, Jordi López-Pujol, Gabriel Blanca, Roser Vilatersana, Núria Garcia-Jacas, Víctor N. Suárez-Santiago
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
Centaurea
gene flow
Quaternary glaciations
reticulate evolution
secondary contacts
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2019.00303/full

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