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Advances in the systematics and evolution of western Mediterranean representative species of the Pentanema conyzae clade through genetic fingerprinting
Author(s) -
GutiérrezLarruscain David,
AndrésSánchez Santiago,
Rico Enrique,
MartínezOrtega María Montserrat
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of systematics and evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.249
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1759-6831
pISSN - 1674-4918
DOI - 10.1111/jse.12431
Subject(s) - clade , biology , amplified fragment length polymorphism , systematics , mediterranean climate , evolutionary biology , zoology , ecology , phylogenetics , genetic diversity , taxonomy (biology) , genetics , gene , population , demography , sociology
Forty‐five populations of Pentanema corresponding to seven species included in the Pentanema conyzae clade have been studied using AFLP fingerprinting. The results show that allopolyploidization could have been involved in the diversification of this group, specifically in species P. langeanum and P. maletii . Molecular data confirm the presence of P. britannicum in the Iberian Peninsula and key steps are provided to identify the species that are morphologically the most challenging.