Promiscuity in populations of the cushion plant Saxifraga oppositifolia in the Swiss Alps as inferred from random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 453-461

  Gugerli, F ^a,b   Eichenberger, K ^a   Schneller, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine plants; AMOVA; Genetic variation; RAPDs; Reproduction; Saxifraga oppositifolia

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF MOLECULAR VARIANCE; OXIDATION; POPULATION GENETICS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

SAXIFRAGA OPPOSITIFOLIA;

EID: 0032938956     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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