Clear phylogeographical structures shed light on the origin and dispersal of the aquatic boreal plant Hippuris vulgaris.

ABSTRACT: Aquatic plants are an important ecological group in the arctic flora; however, their evolutionary histories remain largely unknown. In order to deepen our understanding of the evolution of these plants, we explored the phylogeographical structure of an aquatic boreal plant Hippuris vulgaris in a broad geographical sampling from Eurasia and North America using the chloroplast intergenic spacer psbA-trnH and seven nuclear microsatellite loci. Two closely-related species H. lanceolata and H. tetraphylla were also included because of their taxonomic controversy. Both chloroplast DNA sequences and nuclear microsatellite data revealed three genetic lineages with distinct distribution ranges. Incongruence between nuclear and chloroplast DNA lineages occurred in

SUBMITTER: Yu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9742601 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature