Genetic diversity and geographic variation in natural populations of the endemic Castanea species in China

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 651-657

  Lang, Ping ^a   Huang, Hong Wen ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Allozyme; Castanea henryi; Castanea mollissima; Castanea seguinii; Genetic diversity; Genetic structure; Population

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETICS; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DENSITY;

CASTANEA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 0033386413     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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