Genetic diversity and differentiation in remnant populations ofbupleurum latissimumnakai, an endangered endemic plant species to ulleung island, Korea

Phylogenetic Relationship of Physocarpus insularis (Rosaceae) Endemic on Ulleung Island: Implications for Conservation Biology

“…A recent survey demonstrated that Ulleung Island exhibits the highest level of anagenetic S.-H. Oh (*) : L. Chen speciation among oceanic and continental islands in the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean , illustrating that Ulleung Island is an excellent system to study the early stages of evolution. Numerous systematic and evolutionary studies have investigated a range of biological aspects on the endemic species, encompassing genetic diversity, taxonomic identity, phylogenetic relationship, and the origin of species (Park et al 1993;Suh et al 1996;Shin and Choi 1997;Sun et al 1997;Chung et al 1998;Sun and Stuessy 1998;Kim et al 2000Kim et al , 2002Kim et al , 2006Pfosser et al 2002;Weiss et al 2002;Woo et al 2002;Chang and Jeon 2003;Ku et al 2004;Lim et al 2006;Ohkawa et al 2006;Pfosser et al 2006), which have improved our understanding of the unique biodiversity on Ulleung Island.…”

Development of 26 microsatellite markers in Bupleurum latissimum (Apiaceae), an endangered plant endemic to Ulleung Island, Korea

“…The plants of Ulleung Island have long been of great interest to researchers who focus on aspects other than the typical cladogenetic model of evolution (Takayama et al, 2012(Takayama et al, , 2013Stuessy et al, 2014). Although several studies were conducted using RAPDs (Ku et al, 2004) and ITS (Kim et al, 2012) for our target species, no clear information is yet available about the evolutionary history of the species on Ulleung Island, including the formation of island vegetation and patterns of speciation.…”