Fine-scale genetic structure and clinal variation in Silene acaulis despite high gene flow

Heredity

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 628-637

  Gehring, Janet L ^a,b   Delph, Lynda F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Clinal variation; Gene flow; Genetic structure; Patchy distribution; Silene acaulis

Indexed keywords

CLONAL VARIATION; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC DRIFT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEED DISPERSAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; SEED DISPERSAL;

COLORADO; PENNSYLVANIA MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES;

SILENE ACAULIS;

EID: 0032988325     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1999.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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