Simple sequence repeats provide a direct estimate of pollen-mediated gene dispersal in the tropical tree Gliricidia sepium

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-183

  Dawson, I K ^b   Waugh, R ^a   Simons, A J ^b   Powell, W ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biodiversity; Gliricidia; pollen mediated gene dispersal; simple sequence repeats

Indexed keywords

GLIRICIDIA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; INSECTA;

EID: 0031052168     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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