Drivers of intraspecific differentiation of the alpine cold tolerant herb Notopterygium oviforme: the roles of isolation by distance and ecological factors

These results demonstrated that the Mountains uplifts and climatic events have profoundly shaped the cryptic intraspecific diversification and population dynamics shifts of N. oviforme. The present results also provided the new insights into the Qinling Mountains was an important east-westwardly isolation barrier for genetic differentiation of the alpine cold-tolerant herb plants.