Evidence of chloroplast capture in South American Nothofagus (subgenus Nothofagus, Nothofagaceae)

• Published in: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
• Main Authors: Acosta, María Cristina, Premoli Il'grande, Andrea Cecilia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Nothofagus; Dna Dhloroplast; Its Nuclear Its; Hybridization; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Acosta; Argentina; Austral; Patagonia; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/15384

Subgenus Nothofagus, although geographically restricted at present to temperate areas of South America, has captured much attention in discussions of plant biogeography due to its widespread distribution through Gondwanan continents during the Tertiary. However, phylogenetic relationships within the...