Allozyme variation in relation to ecotypic differentiation and population size in marginal populations of Silene nutans

Heredity

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 552-560

  Van Rossum, Fabienne ^a   Vekemans, Xavier ^a   Meerts, Pierre ^a   Gratia, Emmanuelle ^a   Lefèbvre, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

allozyme; edaphic ecotype; marginal populations; population size; Silene nutans

Indexed keywords

SILENE; SILENE NUTANS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE;

ECOTYPIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; MARGINAL POPULATION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE;

BELGIUM;

EID: 0030613372     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.86     Document Type: Article

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