Patterns of allozymic variation within Calluna vulgaris populations at seed bank and adult stages

Heredity

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 432-440

  Mahy, Grégory ^a   Vekemans, Xavier ^b   Jacquemart, Anne Laure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Clonality; Gene flow; Genetic structure; Seed bank; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CLONE; CROSSING; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; PLANT GENETICS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 0033025642     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6884990     Document Type: Article

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