The phylogeny and biogeographic history of ashes (fraxinus, oleaceae) highlight the roles of migration and vicariance in the diversification of temperate trees.

The cosmopolitan genus Fraxinus, which comprises about 40 species of temperate trees and shrubs occupying various habitats in the Northern Hemisphere, represents a useful model to study speciation in long-lived angiosperms. We used nuclear external transcribed spacers (nETS), phantastica gene sequen...

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Main Authors: Damien Daniel Hinsinger, Jolly Basak, Myriam Gaudeul, Corinne Cruaud, Paola Bertolino, Nathalie Frascaria-Lacoste, Jean Bousquet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3837005?pdf=render