Nuclear and chloroplast DNA phylogeography reveals vicariance among European populations of the model species for the study of metal tolerance, Arabidopsis …

M Pauwels, X Vekemans, C Godé, H Frérot… - New …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Arabidopsis halleri is a pseudometallophyte involved in numerous molecular studies of the
adaptation to anthropogenic metal stress. In order to test the representativeness of genetic …

Phylogeny of Curcuma (Zingiberaceae) based on plastid and nuclear sequences: Proposal of the new subgenus Ecomata

E Záveská, T Fér, O Šída, K Krak, K Marhold… - Taxon, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Curcuma comprises 120 species that occur throughout tropical and subtropical Asia. The
taxonomy of the genus is haunted by polyploid speciation and homoploid hybridization …

Great Genetic Differentiation among Populations of Meconopsis integrifolia and Its Implication for Plant Speciation in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

FS Yang, AL Qin, YF Li, XQ Wang - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The complex tectonic events and climatic oscillations in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP),
the largest and highest plateau in the world, are thought to have had great effects on the …

Characterizing the physical and genetic structure of the lodgepole pine× jack pine hybrid zone: mosaic structure and differential introgression

CI Cullingham, PMA James, JEK Cooke… - Evolutionary …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the physical and genetic structure of hybrid zones can illuminate factors
affecting their formation and stability. In north‐central A lberta, lodgepole pine (P inus …

Large-Scale Introgression Shapes the Evolution of the Mating-Type Chromosomes of the Filamentous Ascomycete Neurospora tetrasperma

Y Sun, P Corcoran, A Menkis, CA Whittle… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The significance of introgression as an evolutionary force shaping natural populations is
well established, especially in animal and plant systems. However, the abundance and size …

Metabolic traits of westslope cutthroat trout, introduced rainbow trout and their hybrids in an ecotonal hybrid zone along an elevation gradient

JB Rasmussen, MD Robinson… - Biological Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract In the Upper Oldman River, Alberta, introduced non-native hatchery rainbow trout
(Oncorhynchus mykiss) hybridize with native westslope cutthroat trout (O. clarkii), resulting in …

Speciation within genomic networks: a case study based on Steatocranus cichlids of the lower Congo rapids

J Schwarzer, B Misof… - Journal of Evolutionary …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Hybridization in animals is a much more common phenomenon as previously thought and
may have profound implications for speciation research. The cichlid genus Steatocranus …

Gene flow matters in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), a potential widespread biofuel feedstock

C Kwit, CN Stewart - Ecological applications, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
There currently exists a large push for the use, improvement, and expansion via landscape
modification of dedicated biofuel crops (feedstocks) in the United States and in many parts of …

Local scale patterns of gene flow and genetic diversity in a crop–wild–weedy complex of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) under traditional agricultural field …

E Mutegi, F Sagnard, M Labuschagne… - Conservation …, 2012 - Springer
Little information is available on the extent and patterns of gene flow and genetic diversity
between cultivated sorghum and its wild related taxa under local agricultural conditions in …

Large‐scale asymmetric introgression of cytoplasmic DNA reveals Holocene range displacement in a North American boreal pine complex

J Godbout, FC Yeh, J Bousquet - Ecology and Evolution, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Jack pine (P inus banksiana) and lodgepole pine (P inus contorta var. latifolia) are two North
American boreal hard pines that hybridize in their zone of contact in western Canada. The …