genetic discontinuity, breeding-system change and population history of arabis alpina in the italian peninsula and adjacent alps. | arabis alpina is a widespread plant of european arctic and alpine environments and belongs to the same family as arabidopsis thaliana. it grows in all major mountain ranges within the italian glacial refugia and populations were sampled over a 1300 km transect from sicily to the alps. diversity was studied in nuclear and chloroplast genome markers, combining phylogeographical and population genetic approaches. alpine populations had significantly lower levels of nuclear genetic variation compare ... | 2008 | 18410288 |