Genetic structure and differentiation of Plantago major reveals a pair of sympatric sister species

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1027-1036

  Morgan Richards, M ^a   Wolff, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genetic diversity; Mating systems; Plantago; Population structure; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

BREED; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; OUTCROSSING; PLANT GENETICS; SYSTEMATICS; TAXONOMY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO MAJOR;

EID: 0032812999     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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