Genetic variation, its assessment and implications to the conservation of seagrasses

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 793-800

  Waycott, Michelle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allozyme; Conservation; Population structure; RAPD; Seagrasses

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENOTYPIC VARIATION; POSIDONIA AUSTRALIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 0031873212     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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