Woody plant diversity, evolution, and ecology in the tropics: perspectives from seasonally dry tropical forests

RT Pennington, M Lavin… - Annual Review of …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
This review suggests that the ecology and patchy global distribution of seasonally dry
tropical forest (SDTF) has distinctively structured the evolutionary history and biogeography …

Origin and domestication of native Amazonian crops

CR Clement, M de Cristo-Araújo… - Diversity, 2010 - mdpi.com
Molecular analyses are providing new elements to decipher the origin, domestication and
dispersal of native Amazonian crops in an expanding archaeological context. Solid …

Origin, evolution and genome distribution of microsatellites

EJ Oliveira, JG Pádua, MI Zucchi… - … and Molecular Biology, 2006 - SciELO Brasil
Microsatellites, or simple sequence repeats (SSRs), have been the most widely applied
class of molecular markers used in genetic studies, with applications in many fields of …

Genetic resource impacts of habitat loss and degradation; reconciling empirical evidence and predicted theory for neotropical trees

AJ Lowe, D Boshier, M Ward, CFE Bacles, C Navarro - Heredity, 2005 - nature.com
The theoretical impacts of anthropogenic habitat degradation on genetic resources have
been well articulated. Here we use a simulation approach to assess the magnitude of …

Biological Activities and Phytochemicals of Swietenia macrophylla King

SZ Moghadamtousi, BH Goh, CK Chan, T Shabab… - Molecules, 2013 - mdpi.com
Swietenia macrophylla King (Meliaceae) is an endangered and medicinally important plant
indigenous to tropical and subtropical regions of the World. S. macrophylla has been widely …

Molecular systematic analysis reveals cryptic tertiary diversification of a widespread tropical rain forest tree

CW Dick, K Abdul-Salim… - The American …, 2003 - journals.uchicago.edu
The broad geographic range of many Neotropical rain forest tree species implies excellent
dispersal abilities or range establishment that preceded the formation of current dispersal …

Verifying the geographic origin of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) with DNA-fingerprints

B Degen, SE Ward, MR Lemes, C Navarro… - Forensic Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
Illegal logging is one of the main causes of ongoing worldwide deforestation and needs to
be eradicated. The trade in illegal timber and wood products creates market disadvantages …

Long‐distance gene flow and cross‐Andean dispersal of lowland rainforest bees (Apidae: Euglossini) revealed by comparative mitochondrial DNA phylogeography

CW Dick, DW Roubik, KF Gruber… - Molecular …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Euglossine bees (Apidae; Euglossini) exclusively pollinate hundreds of orchid
species and comprise up to 25% of bee species richness in neotropical rainforests. As one …

Genetic structure of Mesoamerican populations of Big‐leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) inferred from microsatellite analysis

RR Novick, CW Dick, MR Lemes, C Navarro… - Molecular …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
While microsatellites have been used to examine genetic structure in local populations of
Neotropical trees, genetic studies based on such high‐resolution markers have not been …

Optimal sampling strategy for estimation of spatial genetic structure in tree populations

S Cavers, B Degen, H Caron, MR Lemes, R Margis… - Heredity, 2005 - nature.com
Fine-scale spatial genetic structure (SGS) in natural tree populations is largely a result of
restricted pollen and seed dispersal. Understanding the link between limitations to dispersal …