Understanding the extensive hybridization in South American Nothofagus through karyotype analysis

• Published in: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
• Main Authors: Acosta, María Cristina, Premoli Il'grande, Andrea Cecilia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press
• Subjects: CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME CHARACTER MAPPING; EVOLUTION; KARYOTYPE PHYLOGENY; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; Argentina; Acosta; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/97116

Extensive phylogeographic and population studies in Nothofagus revealed that hybridization, introgression and plastid capture are common phenomena that have occurred throughout the evolutionary history of the genus. Here, detailed karyotypes of ten South American Nothofagus spp. were constructed usi...