Multiple late-Pleistocene colonisation events of the Antarctic pearlwort Colobanthus quitensis (Caryophyllaceae) reveal the recent arrival of native Antarctic vascular flora

Biersma, Elisabeth M.; Torres-Diaz, Cristian; Molina-Montenegro, Marco A.; Newsham, Kevin. K.; Vidal, Marcela A.; Collado, Gonzalo A.; Acuna-Rodriguez, Ian S.; Ballesteros, Gabriel I.; Figueroa, Christian C.; Goodall-Copestake, William P.; Leppe, Marcelo A.; Cuba-Diaz, Marely; Valladares, Moises A.; Pertierra, Luis R.; Convey, Peter

Abstract

Aim Antarctica's remote and extreme terrestrial environments are inhabited by only two species of native vascular plants. We assessed genetic connectivity amongst Antarctic and South American populations of one of these species, Colobanthus quitensis, to determine its origin and age in Antarctica.

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Título según WOS: Multiple late-Pleistocene colonisation events of the Antarctic pearlwort Colobanthus quitensis (Caryophyllaceae) reveal the recent arrival of native Antarctic vascular flora
Título de la Revista: JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
Volumen: 47
Número: 8
Editorial: Wiley
Fecha de publicación: 2020
DOI:

10.1111/JBI.13843

Notas: ISI