RAPD variation among and within small and large populations of the rare clonal plant Ranunculus reptans (Ranunculaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1128-1137

  Fischer, Markus ^a   Husi, René ^a   Prati, Daniel ^a   Peintinger, Markus ^a   Van Kleunen, Mark ^a   Schmid, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Gene f low; Genetic drift; Molecular variation; Population size; Population genetic structure; Ranunculaceae; Ranunculus reptans; RAPD PCR; Rare plant

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

EUROPE; ITALY; LAKE COMO; LAKE CONSTANCE; LOMBARDY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS; RANUNCULUS FLAMMULA FILIFORMIS; RANUNCULUS REPTANS;

EID: 0033844759     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656649     Document Type: Article

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