Geographical isolation caused the diversification of the Mediterranean thorny cushion-like Astragalus L. sect. Tragacantha DC. (Fabaceae)

[Display omitted] •The origin of the thorny cushion-like xerophytes from Astragalus sect. Tragacantha takes root in the middle of the Pliocene (4.4 Mya), between the Messinian salinity crisis and the onset of the Mediterranean climate.•The phylogeographic structuring of the section is based on an ol...

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Published in:	Molecular phylogenetics and evolution Vol. 97; pp. 187 - 195
Main Authors:	Hardion, Laurent, Dumas, Pierre-Jean, Abdel-Samad, Farah, Bou Dagher Kharrat, Magda, Surina, Bostjan, Affre, Laurence, Médail, Frédéric, Bacchetta, Gianluigi, Baumel, Alex
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2016 Elsevier
Subjects:	amplified fragment length polymorphism Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis Astragalus Bayes Theorem Biodiversity Biogeography Botanics Climate Change DNA, Ribosomal - genetics Ecosystem Evolution, Molecular Fabaceae - classification Fabaceae - genetics flora genetic relationships geographical isolation habitats internal transcribed spacers Life Sciences Mediterranean climate Mediterranean Region Phylogeny Phylogeography Plant Populations and Evolution ribosomal DNA roots Speciation Vegetal Biology Vicariance xerophytes Biogeography Plant Vicariance Biodiversity Phylogeography Speciation
ISSN:	1055-7903, 1095-9513
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