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- Title
Population differentiation in Mediterranean plants: insights into colonization history and the evolution and conservation of endemic species.
- Authors
Thompson, John D.
- Abstract
Colonization and isolation are critical events in the evolutionary dynamics of plant populations. In this paper I review how spatial population structure of genetic markers provides insights into the evolutionary significance of episodes of colonization and isolation in the Mediterranean flora. I use as themes to structure my review the following topics: spatial structure induced by historical associations among populations of widespread species; population differentiation in relation to the evolution of closely related species with disjunct distributions; the potential effect of founder events during colonization on character evolution; and the conservation implications of spatial population structure. My review illustrates that the Mediterranean flora is full of examples that provide key insights into such evolutionary and conservation issues.
- Subjects
MEDITERRANEAN Region; BOTANY; BIOLOGICAL evolution; COLONIZATION (Ecology)
- Publication
Heredity, 1999, Vol 82, Issue 3, p229
- ISSN
0018-067X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.hdy.6885040