Molecular signals for Late Tertiary/Early Quaternary range splits of an Eurasian steppe plant: Clausia aprica (Brassicaceae)

Several vegetation belts stretch continuously from Europe to Asia, taiga and steppe being most prominent. Numerous plant species within these belts share a conspicuous distribution area, which is longitudinally contracted or disrupted approximately along longitude 70° E. To date no hypothesis for th...

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1. Verfasser: Franzke, Andreas (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 3 August 2004
In: Molecular ecology
Year: 2004, Jahrgang: 13, Heft: 9, Pages: 2789-2795
ISSN:1365-294X
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02272.x
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02272.x
Verlag, Volltext: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02272.x/abstract
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Verfasserangaben:A. Franzke, H. Hurka, D. Janssen, B. Neuffer, N. Friesen, M. Markov and K. Mummenhoff
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Zusammenfassung:Several vegetation belts stretch continuously from Europe to Asia, taiga and steppe being most prominent. Numerous plant species within these belts share a conspicuous distribution area, which is longitudinally contracted or disrupted approximately along longitude 70° E. To date no hypothesis for this intriguing distribution pattern has been put forward. We detected molecular footprints in the contemporary genetic composition in nuclear DNA (ITS1, ITS2) and chloroplast DNA (trnL-trnF spacer region) of the steppe element Clausia aprica (Brassicaceae) providing evidence for a severe longitudinal range split and genetic differentiation east of the Ural Mountains about 1 million years ago caused by Quaternary climatic oscillations. Clausia aprica provides the first phylogeographical analysis on the intraspecific evolution of an Eurasian steppe plant.
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ISSN:1365-294X
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02272.x