Genetic diversity and dispersal of the moss Sarconeurum glaciale on Ross Island, East Antarctica

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 753-762

  Skotnicki, M L ^a,c   Ninham, J A ^a   Selkirk, P M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Colonization; Genetic diversity; Moss; RAPD; Sarconeurum glaciale

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; CANADA; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; HAPLOIDY; PLANT GROWTH; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SOMATIC MUTATION;

SARCONEURUM GLACIALE;

EID: 0033025629     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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