Journal article
Genetic diversity and biogeography of the boab Adansonia gregorii (Malvaceae: Bombacoideae)
Karen L Bell, Haripriya Rangan, Rachael Fowler, Christian A Kull, JD Pettigrew, Claudia E Vickers, Daniel J Murphy
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY | CSIRO PUBLISHING | Published : 2014
DOI: 10.1071/BT13209
Abstract
The Kimberley region of Western Australia is recognised for its high biodiversity and many endemic species, including the charismatic boab tree, Adansonia gregorii F.Muell. (Malvaceae: Bombacoideae). In order to assess the effects of biogeographic barriers on A. gregorii, we examined the genetic diversity and population structure of the tree species across its range in the Kimberley and adjacent areas to the east. Genetic variation at six microsatellite loci in 220 individuals from the entire species range was examined. Five weakly divergent populations, separated by west–east and coast–inland divides, were distinguished using spatial principal components analysis. However, the predominant p..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This project was funded through ARC discovery project DP1093100 (H. Rangan, D. J. Murphy and C. A. Kull). This research was supported by a Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative grant number VR0165 on its Peak Computing Facility at the University of Melbourne, an initiative of the Victorian Government, Australia. We thank the following people and organisations: Kara Rasmanis for producing the figures; David Baum (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Joanne Birch, Elizabeth James, Mark McDonnell (Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne) and four anonymous reviewers for advice on analysis and comments on the manuscript; the DEC (WA) and DNREAS (NT) for providing permits for field work. Author contributions: H. R., C. A. K. and D. J. M. initiated the research project, framed the objectives and provided research facilities; J. D. P., K. L. B. and H. R. collected the samples; K. L. B., R. F. and C. E. V. carried out laboratory procedures; K. L. B. and R. F. analysed the data; K. L. B. and H. R. wrote the paper with contributions from all other authors.