Genetic diversity in mesoamerican populations of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), assessed using RAPDs

Heredity

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 722-732

  Gillies, A C M ^a,d   Navarro, C ^b   Lowe, A J ^a   Newton, A C ^c   Hernandez M ^b   Wilson, J ^a   Cornelius, J P ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Genetic diversity; Logging; RAPDs; Swietenia

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF MOLECULAR VARIANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELIZE; COSTA RICA; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUATEMALA; HONDURAS; MEXICO; NICARAGUA; PANAMA; PLANT GENETICS; PRIMER DNA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPICS;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC VARIATION; SELECTIVE LOGGING; TREE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; SWIETENIA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 0033426935     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1999.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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