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"Biogeographic Relationships Among the Mountain Ranges of Europe, Middle East and Asia: Evolution, Phylogeny and Phylogeography of the Genus Wulfenia"

Coordinatore	NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM RIJEKA    more  Organization address address: Lorenzov Prolaz 1 city: RIJJEKA postcode: 51000 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Milvana Cognome: Arko-Pijevac Email: send email Telefono: + 385 51 553 670 Fax: + 385 51 553 669
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Croatia [HR]
Totale costo	37˙500 €
EC contributo	37˙500 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-2-ERG
Funding Scheme	MC-ERG
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-03-14   -   2010-09-13

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM RIJEKA  Organization address address: Lorenzov Prolaz 1 city: RIJJEKA postcode: 51000 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Milvana Cognome: Arko-Pijevac Email: send email Telefono: + 385 51 553 670 Fax: + 385 51 553 669	HR (RIJJEKA)	coordinator	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Mountain ranges in the circum-Mediterranean area, with the Balkan Peninsula in particular, are hotspots of European biodiversity, with the most remarkable element being the high level of endemism in the Balkan Peninsula. With the intention of explanation of this phenomenon, we use a model plant genus Wulfenia to address the objectives within the proposed project: (a) ascertainment of molecular phylogenetic hypoteses on the relationships of the study genus both to its closest relatives as well as within the genus; (b) testing the Pleistocene speciation hypothesis: long distance dispersal or vicarism?; (c) ascertainment of comparitive phylogeographic hypotheses within species and species groups; (d) identifying the putative centres of origin of the study group based on phylogenetic and phylogeographic patterns; (e) identifying the migration paths between the disjunct populations; (f) defining the timing of the colonisation of the present disjunct distribution range. All the material of the genus Wulfenia will be collected in the field, while that of the related genera also herbarium material will be used. Research will be carried out applying both classical [e.g. morphometrics, cladistics] as well as modern molecular methods [DNA-sequencing, cpDNA haplotype analysis, DNA-fingerprinting (AFLP), biogeographical analysis, molecular dating]. Our results, which are also of high relevance for conservation purpouses, will significantly contribute to a broader basis addressing the questions going beyond the study group, e.g., biogeography of the Middle East, southern Europe and Asia.'