Chloroplast microsatellites reveal high levels of genetic diversity in conifers: A new tool for biodiversity analysis in forest ecosystems

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 457, Issue , 1998, Pages 395-401

  Vendramin, G G ^a   Anzidei, M ^a   Autino, V A ^a   Madaghiele, A ^a   Sperisen, C ^b   Morgante, M ^c   Ziegenhagen, B ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abies alba Mill.; Chloroplast microsatellites; Evolutionary history; Finns leucodermis Ant.; Haplotypic diversity; Picea abies K.; Pinus halepensis Mill.; Polymerase Chain Reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000464938     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1998.457.49     Document Type: Article

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