Université de Fribourg

Biogeography and evolution of seeder and resprouter forms of Erica coccinea (Ericaceae) in the fire-prone Cape fynbos

Ojeda, Fernando ; Budde, Katharina B. ; Heuertz, Myriam ; Segarra-Moragues, José G. ; González-Martínez, Santiago C.

In: Plant Ecology, 2015, vol. 217, no. 6, p. 751–761

The genus Erica represents the epitome of plant biodiversity in the South African Cape fynbos with over 700 species. This genus is composed of seeder and resprouter species, but both species diversity and endemism are strongly linked to the seeder habit and concentrated in the southwestern Cape Floristic Region (CFR). Erica coccinea is a relatively abundant and widespread fynbos species whose...

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Patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation in resistance gene clusters of two hybridizing European Populus species

Casey, Céline ; Stölting, Kai N. ; Barbará, Thelma ; González-Martínez, Santiago C. ; Lexer, Christian

In: Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2015, vol. 11, no. 4, p. 1–12

Resistance genes (R-genes) are essential for long-lived organisms such as forest trees, which are exposed to diverse herbivores and pathogens. In short-lived model species, R-genes have been shown to be involved in species isolation. Here, we studied more than 400 trees from two natural hybrid zones of the European Populus species Populus alba and Populus tremula for microsatellite markers...