Clonal diversity in a Rhododendron ferrugineum L. (Ericaceae) population inferred from AFLP markers

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 975-982

  Escaravage, N ^a   Questiau, S ^a,b   Pornon, A ^c   Doche, B ^a   Taberlet, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Clone age; Clone size; Genetic typing; Genotypic diversity; Individual identification; Multilocus DNA fingerprinting

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; CLONE; GENOTYPE; IDENTIFICATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

RHODODENDRON FERRUGINEUM;

EID: 0031828013     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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