DNA fingerprinting of Eucalyptus graniticola: A critically endangered relict species or a rare hybrid?

Heredity

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 310-318

  Rossetto, Maurizio ^a   Lucarotti, Franklin ^a   Hopper, Stephen D ^a   Dixon, Kingsley W ^a  

^a KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Eucalyptus; Hybrid; RAPD; Rare flora

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENDANGERED PLANT; HYBRID; RELICT SPECIES;

AUSTRALIA; PERTH; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANITICOLA; EUCALYPTUS RUDIS; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 0030845335     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.159     Document Type: Article

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