Late Pleistocene molecular dating of past population fragmentation and demographic changes in African rain forest tree species supports the forest refuge hypothesis
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Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Universit e Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, Belgium, Bioversity International, Forest Genetic Resources Programme, Sub-Regional Office for Central Africa, Yaound e, Cameroon, Institut de Syst ematique, Evolution, Biodiversit e ISYEB – UMR 7205 – CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne Universit es, Paris, France, CIRAD, UR B&SEF, Campus International de Baillarguet TA-C-105/D, F-34398 Montpellier cedex 5, France, Laboratoire de Foresterie des R egions Tropicales et Subtropicales, Unit e de Gestion des Ressources Foresti eres et des Milieux Naturels, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Universit e de Li ege, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
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تاریخ انتشار 2015