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Plant speciation across environmental gradients and the occurrence and nature of hybrid zones by Abbott, Richard J.

“…Environmental gradients are very common and many plant species respond to them through adaptive genetic change. This can be a first step along a continuum of…”
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Genomics of hybridization and its evolutionary consequences by Abbott, Richard J., Barton, Nicholas H., Good, Jeffrey M.

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Altitudinal gradients, plant hybrid zones and evolutionary novelty by Abbott, Richard J., Brennan, Adrian C.

“…Altitudinal gradients are characterized by steep changes of the physical and biotic environment that present challenges to plant adaptation throughout large…”
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Edaphic ecotypic divergence in Senecio vulgaris and the evolutionary potential of predominantly self-fertilising species by Abbott, Richard J.

“…There is continued interest in ecotypic divergence because it is informative of local adaptation and can be an important step in speciation. To investigate…”
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Evolutionary origin of genomic structural variations in domestic yaks by Liu, Xinfeng, Liu, Wenyu, Lenstra, Johannes A., Zheng, Zeyu, Wu, Xiaoyun, Yang, Jiao, Li, Bowen, Yang, Yongzhi, Qiu, Qiang, Liu, Hongyu, Li, Kexin, Liang, Chunnian, Guo, Xian, Ma, Xiaoming, Abbott, Richard J., Kang, Minghui, Yan, Ping, Liu, Jianquan

“…Yak has been subject to natural selection, human domestication and interspecific introgression during its evolution. However, genetic variants favored by each…”
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Diploid hybrid origin of Ostryopsis intermedia (Betulaceae) in the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau triggered by Quaternary climate change by Liu, Bingbing, Abbott, Richard J, Lu, Zhiqiang, Tian, Bin, Liu, Jianquan

“…Despite the well‐known effects that Quaternary climate oscillations had on shaping intraspecific diversity, their role in driving homoploid hybrid speciation…”
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Pliocene intraspecific divergence and Plio‐Pleistocene range expansions within Picea likiangensis (Lijiang spruce), a dominant forest tree of the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau by Li, Long, Abbott, Richard J, Liu, Bingbing, Sun, Yongshuai, Li, Lili, Zou, Jiabin, Wang, Xi, Miehe, Georg, Liu, Jianquan

“…A knowledge of intraspecific divergence and range dynamics of dominant forest trees in response to past geological and climate change is of major importance to…”
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Introgression of fitness genes across a ploidy barrier by Chapman, Mark A., Abbott, Richard J.

“…Gene flow from diploid to polyploid species could have significant effects on the morphology and ecology of polyploids. The potential of such introgression for…”
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History and evolution of alpine plants endemic to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Aconitum gymnandrum (Ranunculaceae) by WANG, LIUYANG, ABBOTT, RICHARD J., ZHENG, WEI, CHEN, PING, WANG, YUJIN, LIU, JIANQUAN

“…How Quaternary climatic oscillations affected range distributions and intraspecific divergence of alpine plants on the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau (QTP) remains…”
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Genome-wide analysis of Cushion willow provides insights into alpine plant divergence in a biodiversity hotspot by Chen, Jia-hui, Huang, Yuan, Brachi, Benjamin, Yun, Quan-zheng, Zhang, Wei, Lu, Wei, Li, Hong-na, Li, Wen-qing, Sun, Xu-dong, Wang, Guang-yan, He, Jun, Zhou, Zhuo, Chen, Kai-yun, Ji, Yun-heng, Shi, Ming-ming, Sun, Wen-guang, Yang, Yong-ping, Zhang, Ren-gang, Abbott, Richard J., Sun, Hang

“…The Hengduan Mountains (HDM) biodiversity hotspot exhibits exceptional alpine plant diversity. Here, we investigate factors driving intraspecific divergence…”
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Out of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau: evidence for the origin and dispersal of Eurasian temperate plants from a phylogeographic study of Hippophaë rhamnoides (Elaeagnaceae) by Jia, Dong‐Rui, Abbott, Richard J., Liu, Teng‐Liang, Mao, Kang‐Shan, Bartish, Igor V., Liu, Jian‐Quan

“…Numerous temperate plants now distributed across Eurasia are hypothesized to have originated and migrated from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) and adjacent…”
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The timing and the mode of evolution of wild grapes (Vitis) by Zecca, Giovanni, Abbott, J. Richard, Sun, Wei-Bang, Spada, Alberto, Sala, Francesco, Grassi, Fabrizio

“…[Display omitted] ► The genus Vitis is clearly divided in the two subgenera Vitis and Muscadinia. ►Vitis vinifera subsp. sylvestris is sister to the Asian wild…”
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Phylogeography and allopatric divergence of cypress species (Cupressus L.) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and adjacent regions by Xu, Tingting, Abbott, Richard J, Milne, Richard I, Mao, Kangshan, Du, Fang K, Wu, Guili, Ciren, Zhaxi, Miehe, Georg, Liu, Jianquan

“…Although allopatric speciation is viewed as the most common way in which species originate, allopatric divergence among a group of closely related species has…”
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Regulatory Genes Control a Key Morphological and Ecological Trait Transferred Between Species by Kim, Minsung, Cui, Min-Long, Cubas, Pilar, Gillies, Amanda, Lee, Karen, Chapman, Mark A, Abbott, Richard J, Coen, Enrico

“…Hybridization between species can lead to introgression of genes from one species to another, providing a potential mechanism for preserving and recombining…”
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History and evolution of the arctic flora: in the footsteps of Eric Hultén by Abbott, Richard J., Brochmann, Christian

“…A major contribution to our initial understanding of the origin, history and biogeography of the present‐day arctic flora was made by Eric Hultén in his…”
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Ancient introgression drives adaptation to cooler and drier mountain habitats in a cypress species complex by Ma, Yazhen, Wang, Ji, Hu, Quanjun, Li, Jialiang, Sun, Yongshuai, Zhang, Lei, Abbott, Richard J., Liu, Jianquan, Mao, Kangshan

“…Introgression may act as an important source of new genetic variation to facilitate the adaptation of organisms to new environments, yet how introgression…”
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Phylogeography of Pinus tabulaeformis Carr. (Pinaceae), a dominant species of coniferous forest in northern China by CHEN, KANGMING, ABBOTT, RICHARD J, MILNE, RICHARD I, TIAN, XIN-MIN, LIU, JIANQUAN

“…How coniferous trees in northern China changed their distribution ranges in response to Quaternary climatic oscillations remains largely unknown. Here we…”
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Mitochondrial and chloroplast phylogeography of Picea crassifolia Kom. (Pinaceae) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and adjacent highlands by MENG, LIHUA, YANG, RUI, ABBOTT, RICHARD J, MIEHE, GEORG, HU, TIANHUA, LIU, JIANQUAN

“…The disjunct distribution of forests in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) and adjacent Helan Shan and Daqing Shan highlands provides an excellent model to…”
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Transcriptome Shock after Interspecific Hybridization in Senecio Is Ameliorated by Genome Duplication by Hegarty, Matthew J., Barker, Gary L., Wilson, Ian D., Abbott, Richard J., Edwards, Keith J., Hiscock, Simon J.

“…Allopolyploidy, which involves genome doubling of an interspecific hybrid is an important mechanism of abrupt speciation in flowering plants [1–6]. Recent…”
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Radiation and diversification within the Ligularia– Cremanthodium– Parasenecio complex (Asteraceae) triggered by uplift of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau by Liu, Jian-Quan, Wang, Yu-Jing, Wang, Ai-Lan, Hideaki, Ohba, Abbott, Richard J.

“…The Ligularia–Cremanthodium–Parasenecio ( L– C– P) complex of the Tussilagininae (Asteraceae: Senecioneae) contains more than 200 species that are endemic to…”
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