Comparative phylogeography study reveals introgression and incomplete lineage sorting during rapid diversification of

Jianling You1,2, Stephen C Lougheed3, Yao Zhao4

  • 1The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Biodiversity Science, Institute of Botany, Tibet University-Fudan University Joint Laboratory for Biodiversity and Global Change, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Annals of Botany
|October 31, 2021
PubMed
Summary

Rapid plant radiation in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) and Hengduan Mountains (HM) involved introgressive hybridization and incomplete lineage sorting. These processes, alongside geographic isolation, shaped phylogeographic patterns in Rhodiola species.

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