Genetic variation in an apomictic grass, Heteropogon contortus, in the Hawaiian Islands

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2127-2132

  Carino, Debbie A ^a   Daehler, Curtis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Apomict; Genetic variation; Hawai'i; Heteropogon contortus; Population differentiation; RAPD markers

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF MOLECULAR VARIANCE; APOMIXIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENOTYPE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

HETEROPOGON CONTORTUS;

EID: 0033367013     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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