Divergence in Plant Traits and Increased Modularity Underlie Repeated Transitions Between Low and High Elevations in the Andean Genus Leucheria

Divergence in Plant Traits and Increased Modularity Underlie Repeated Transitions Between Low and High Elevations in the Andean Genus Leucheria

Understanding why some plant lineages move from one climatic region to another is a mayor goal of evolutionary biology. In the southern Andes plant lineages that have migrated along mountain ranges tracking cold-humid climates coexist with lineages that have shifted repeatedly between warm-arid at l...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Pérez, Nicolás Lavandero, Carmen Gloria Ossa, Luis Felipe Hinojosa, Paola Jara-Arancio, Mary T. Kalin Arroyo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
climatic niche lability
coordinated evolution
evolutionary rates
plant traits
high Andes
modularity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2020.00714/full

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