Université de Fribourg

Footprints of past intensive diversification and structuring in the genus Zelkova (Ulmaceae) in south-western Eurasia

Christe, Camille ; Kozlowski, Gregor ; Frey, David ; Bétrisey, Sébastien ; Maharramova, Elmira ; Garfì, Giuseppe ; Pirintsos, Stergios ; Naciri, Yamama

In: Journal of Biogeography, 2014, p. -

Aim: To elucidate the phylogeographical patterns in three Cenozoic relict species: Zelkova sicula, Z. abelicea and Z. carpinifolia (Ulmaceae).Location: Sicily, Crete and Transcaucasia.Methods: Two chloroplast loci (trnH–psbA and trnL) and the nuclear ribosomal markers ITS1 and ITS2 were sequenced for 154 samples collected from 14 populations of Z. abelicea, 16 populations of Z. carpinifolia,...