Genetic diversity in widespread species is not congruent with species richness in alpine plant communities.
- P. Taberlet, N. Zimmermann, M. Vellend
- Environmental ScienceEcology Letters
- 1 December 2012
This work tests whether the genetic and species levels of biodiversity co-vary, using a large-scale and multi-species approach and demonstrates that species richness and genetic diversity are not correlated.
A worldwide molecular phylogeny and classification of the leafy spurges, Euphorbia subgenus Esula (Euphorbiaceae)
- R. Riina, J. Peirson, P. Berry
- Biology
- 20 April 2013
Based on the molecular phylogeny, a new classification is proposed for E. subg.
Hybrid origins and homoploid reticulate evolution within Heliosperma (Sileneae, Caryophyllaceae)--a multigene phylogenetic approach with relative dating.
- B. Frajman, Frida Eggens, B. Oxelman
- BiologySystematic Biology
- 1 June 2009
The observed incongruent relationships among the three major lineages of Heliosperma are better explained by homoploid hybridization than by gene duplication/losses because species branching events exceed gene coalescence times under biologically reasonable population sizes and generation times, making lineage sorting an unlikely explanation.
A Campanulaceous Fate: The Albanian Stenoendemic Asyneuma comosiforme in Fact Belongs to Isophyllous Campanula
- B. Frajman, G. Schneeweiss
- Biology
- 1 July 2009
The inferred phylogenies clearly support Asyneuma comosiforme as sister to the main clade of isophyllous Campanula species, which is supported by morphological and ecological similarities.
Escaping to the summits: phylogeography and predicted range dynamics of Cerastium dinaricum, an endangered high mountain plant endemic to the western Balkan Peninsula.
- D. Kutnjak, M. Kuttner, M. Niketić, S. Dullinger, P. Schönswetter, B. Frajman
- Environmental ScienceMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- 1 September 2014
Genomic analyses suggest parallel ecological divergence in Heliosperma pusillum (Caryophyllaceae)
- E. Trucchi, B. Frajman, T. Haverkamp, P. Schönswetter, O. Paun
- BiologyNew Phytologist
- 7 August 2017
The evolutionary history of an alpine and a montane ecotype of Heliosperma pusillum (Caryophyllaceae) in the south‐eastern Alps is investigated, uncovering up to five polytopic origins of one ecotype from the other.
Reticulate phylogenetics and phytogeographical structure of Heliosperma (Sileneae, Caryophyllaceae) inferred from chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences.
- B. Frajman, B. Oxelman
- BiologyMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- 1 April 2007
Amphi-Adriatic distributions in plants revisited: Pleistocene trans-Adriatic dispersal in the Euphorbia barrelieri group (Euphorbiaceae)
- B. Frajman, P. Schönswetter
- Environmental Science
- 1 October 2017
Long-term isolation of European steppe outposts boosts the biome’s conservation value
- P. Kirschner, E. Záveská, P. Schönswetter
- Environmental Science, BiologyNature Communications
- 23 April 2020
It is emphasized that conserving what is left of Europe’s steppes is crucial for conserving the biological diversity of the entire Eurasian steppe biome and evolution independent of the zonal steppe and high conservation value of these extrazonal stepps.
Environmental Heterogeneity and Phenotypic Divergence: Can Heritable Epigenetic Variation Aid Speciation?
- Ruth Flatscher, B. Frajman, P. Schönswetter, O. Paun
- BiologyGenetics Research International
- 4 March 2012
Heritable epigenetic variation mediates between relatively slowly accumulating mutations in the DNA sequence and ephemeral adaptive responses to stress, thereby providing mechanisms for achieving stable but potentially rapidly evolving phenotypic diversity as a response to environmental stimuli.
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