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Twenty-four populations ofJuniperus ashei were sampled throughout the range of this taxon and the terpenoids of the foliage were analyzed by gas/liquid chromatography. Population differentiation was investigated by analysis of variance and numerical taxonomy. Three south Texas and one Mexican population clustered together with the rest of the taxon appearing fairly uniform. No evidence was found of hybridization or introgression with other taxa. Disjunct populations in Oklahoma and the Ozarks, which have been genetically isolated from the central population for thousands of years, showed no signs of differentiation nor genetic drift. The present pattern of distribution probably dates from the Pleistocene. The south Texas and Mexican populations appear to be the primitive elements of the species. Populational differences have apparently been maintained in adjacent populations in spite of seemingly large gene flow and conversely, chemical uniformity is being maintained in many disjunct populations where there is little or no gene flow.
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Adams, R.P. Gene flow versus selection pressure and ancestral differentiation in the composition of species: Analysis of populational variation ofJuniperus ashei buch. Using terpenoid data. J Mol Evol 5, 177–185 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01741240
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