Could you infer any sound hypothesis about common ancestors of Abies alba and Abies pinsapo and timing of differentiaton?
Article Differentiating Groups of Abies Species With a Simple Molecular Marker
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The mitochondrial marker we used in the paper you cited, is not suitable to infer meaningful phylogenetic relationships due to the type of mutation (mainly large indels). However there a phylogeny of the genus has been reconstructed by Xiang et al. 2009 but without timing. There is also a review by Linares 2011 about the biogeography of mediterranean Abies, but I am not sure if there are sufficient data to support the hypotheses presented there. I would not feel confident to propose a hypothesis about this at them moment without additional data.
Linares, J.C. (2011) Biogeography and evolution of Abies (Pinaceae) in the Mediterranean Basin: the roles of long‐term climatic change and glacial refugia. Journal of Biogeography, 38, 619–630.
Xiang, Q.-P., Xiang, Q.-Y., Guo, Y.-Y. & Zhang, X.-C. (2009) Phylogeny of Abies (Pinaceae) inferred from nrITS sequence data. Taxon, 58, 141–152.
Best regards, Sascha
Thanks for your comments Sascha. I alreadly knew Linares paper and my curiosity arose from it, indeed.
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