Allozyme variation in populations, full-sib families and selfed lines in Betula pendula roth

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1052-1058

  Wang, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allozyme variability; Betula pendula; Inbreeding; Population; Stem volume

Indexed keywords

BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 0029787645     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00224048     Document Type: Article

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