Refugia in the Cordilleran ice sheet of western North America: chloroplast DNA diversity in the Arctic-alpine plant Oxyria digyna
Marr KL, Allen GA, Hebda RJ. 2008. Refugia in the Cordilleran ice sheet of western North America: chloroplast DNA diversity in the Arctic-alpine plant Oxyria digyna. Journal of Biogeography. 35(7):1323-1334
From the Abstract: "AIM Late Pleistocene ice sheets are thought to have covered most of western Canada, including all of British Columbia (BC). We examine patterns of genetic variation in an Arctic-alpine plant to evaluate the possibility of full glacial refugia within the area covered by the Cordilleran ice sheet (CIS) and to uncover post-glacial migration routes." Study site in Olympic National Park included in research.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Marr, Kendrick; Allen, Geraldine; Hebda, Richard
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- arctic-alpine plant (Oxyria digyna), DNA analysis, Phylogeography, Pleistocene refugia