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SUBMITTER: Shang HY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4432373 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shang Hui-Ying HY Li Zhong-Hu ZH Dong Miao M Adams Robert P RP Miehe Georg G Opgenoorth Lars L Mao Kang-Shan KS
Scientific reports 20150515
All Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) endemic species are assumed to have originated recently, although very rare species most likely diverged early. These ancient species provide an excellent model to examine the origin and evolution of QTP endemic plants in response to the QTP uplifts and the climate changes that followed in this high altitude region. In this study, we examined these hypotheses by employing sequence variation from multiple nuclear and chloroplast DNA of 239 individuals of Juniperu ...[more]