Environmental gradients are very common and many plant species respond to them through
adaptive genetic change. This can be a first step along a continuum of change that leads …

Natural hybridisation and polyploidy are currently recognised as drivers of biodiversity,
despite early scepticism about their importance. The Mediterranean region is a biodiversity …

Abstract Background and Aims Hybridization is a common and important force in plant
evolution. One of its outcomes is introgression–the transfer of small genomic regions from …

Abstract Background and Aims Polyploidy is considered one of the main mechanisms of
plant evolution and speciation. In the Mediterranean Basin, polyploidy has contributed to …

The genus Phlomis is represented in the island of Crete (Greece, Eastern Mediterranean) by
three species Phlomis cretica C. Presl., Phlomis fruticosa L., the island endemic Phlomis …

The sea trout (Salmo trutta m. trutta) is an anadromous, teleost fish species characterized by
homing behaviour. The sea trout has considerable ecological and economic significance. It …

A robust phylogeny for the genus Hyacinthoides (bluebells) was established using cpDNA
sequences and evaluated in light of a re‐assessment of morphological diversity, cytology …

Holly oak is the only evergreen oak possessing a circum-Mediterranean range; it has two
predominant morphological forms, calliprinos and coccifera, described in the eastern and …

Hybrids of a single pair of parent species can be much more common in some geographical
regions than in others. The reasons for this are not well understood, but could help explain …

This study investigates the variation of flavonoid patterns and morphological diversity among
seven Phlomis species in the Zagros region of Iran. Morphological studies were carried out …