Evolutionary significance of local genetic differentiation in plants

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 27, Issue , 1996, Pages 237-277

  Linhart, Yan B ^a   Grant, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

evolutionary dynamics; genetic variation; microdifferentiation; plants; selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030512864     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.27.1.237     Document Type: Article

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