| interspecific phylogenetic analysis enhances intraspecific phylogeographical inference: a case study in pinus lambertiana. | pinus lambertiana (sugar pine) is an economically and ecologically important conifer with a 1600-km latitudinal range extending from oregon, usa, to northern baja california, mexico. like all north american white pines (subsect. strobus), sugar pine is highly susceptible to white pine blister rust, a disease caused by the fungus cronartium ribicola. we conducted a chloroplast dna (cpdna) survey of pinus subsect. strobus with comprehensive geographical sampling of p. lambertiana. sequence analysi ... | 2007 | 17850554 |