Genetic variation within and among populations of the threatened lichen Lobaria pulmonaria in Switzerland and implications for its conservation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2049-2059

  Zoller, S ^a   Lutzoni, F ^b   Scheidegger, C ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Genetic variation; Lichens; Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; EUROPE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENOTYPE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER I; INTRON; POPULATION; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SWITZERLAND;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; LICHENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWITZERLAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033382509     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00820.x     Document Type: Article

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