Insight into fern evolution: a mechanistic approach to main concepts and study techniques

  • María Vicent Departamento de Biología Vegetal I, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
  • José Mª Gabriel y Galán Departamento de Biología Vegetal I, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
  • Abdelkader Ainoüche UMR CNRS 6553 Ecobio, Université de Rennes 1, Campus Scientifique de Beaulieu, Bât 14A, 35042 Rennes Cedex (France).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_BOCM.2014.v38.45771
Keywords: apomixis, hybridization, molecular techniques, morphology, phylogeny, phylogeography, polyploidy, speciation, species concept.

Abstract

In this review, we report on the most important ideas and features in the field of fern evolution, with particular interest into the main evolutionary mechanisms that shaped the evolutionary history of their diversification. An exhaustive account for the bibliographical corpus on the matter falls beyond the space and extent of this work; instead, we will try to focus the different issues by including featured examples from both historical and recent approaches to the study of the evolutionary mechanisms in ferns.

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Published
2014-07-03
How to Cite
Vicent M., Gabriel y Galán J. M. y Ainoüche A. (2014). Insight into fern evolution: a mechanistic approach to main concepts and study techniques. Botanica Complutensis, 38, 7-24. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_BOCM.2014.v38.45771
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Vol. 38 (2014)
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