A new Eurasian phylogeographical paradigm? Limited contribution of southern populations to the recolonization of high latitude populations in Juniperus communis L. (Cupressaceae)

Amsterdam

2017

243–486

Sonderdruck

202652

Eighty-four haplotypes clustered into four main clades (GL1-GL4). The largest clade, GL3, corresponds to populations from the Alps, northern Europe, Western Caucasus and Siberia. These populations were moderately differentiated (28%) compared to the total range (76%) and Fu's Fs statistic was negative, indicating a population expansion. Some haplotypes within GL3 form subclades with a restricted geographical distribution, suggesting a local origin of the mutation and limited dispersal. In line with these findings, modelling of ecological niches found no significant reduction in the expected range during the LGM. Remarkably, populations from the eastern part of North Caucasus, the Himalayas, Tien Shan and south Siberia were distinctly different from populations in the rest of the range.
Keywords: chloroplast DNA, common juniper, Cupressaceae, Eurasia, glacial cycles, phylogeography