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AFLP; Arabidopsis thaliana; biogeography; linkage
disequilibrium; postglacial colonization
Molecular population-genetics; linkage disequilibrium; natural-
populations; dna variation; diversity; evolution; locus;
phylogeography; polymorphisms; construction
Abstract:
Arabidopsis thaliana provides a useful model system for functional, evolutionary and ecological studies in plant biology. We have analysed natural genetic variation in A. thaliana in order to infer its biogeographical and historical distribution across