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Title: Implications of rbcL phylogeny for historical biogeography of genus mercurialis l.: estimating age and center of origin
Authors: Jovanović, Vladimir
Cvetković, Dragana 
Keywords: Acalyphoideae;Ancestral area analysis;Center of origin;Dispersal-vicariance analysis;Historical biogeography;Mercurialis;Molecular clock
Issue Date: 6-Aug-2010
Journal: Archives of Biological Sciences
Abstract: 
The aim of this study was to address questions concerning the historical biogeography of the genus Mercurialis in the subfamily Acalyphoideae. Applying a molecular clock to obtained rbcL phylogeny, we estimated the minimal age of divergence of genus Mercurialis to ~65-66 Ma, placing it at the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary. We used ancestral area analysis and dispersal-vicariance analysis to infer the center of origin of the genus. Contrary to previous hypothesis, our results show that Mercurialis originated in Indomalaya and migrated westward, while the Mediterranean area was most probably the center of ecological diversification and further speciation. Evolutionary events of vicariance and dispersals were reconstructed in a proposed scenario of divergence of Mercurialis within Acalyphoideae.
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1103
ISSN: 0354-4664
DOI: 10.2298/ABS1003603J
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