Population substructure in Alkanna orientalis (Boraginaceae) in the Sinai Desert, in relation to its pollinator behaviour

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 365-372

  Wolff, K ^a   El Akkad, S ^b   Abbott, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alkanna orientalis; genetic variability; pollination; population structure; RAPDs; seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ALKANNA; ALKANNA ORIENTALIS; APOIDEA; BORAGINACEAE;

EID: 0030888348     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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