Genetic analysis and conservation of 31 surviving individuals of a rare New Zealand tree, Metrosideros bartlettii (Myrtaceae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1149-1157

  Drummond, R S M ^a   Keeling, D J ^a   Richardson, T E ^b   Gardner, R C ^a   Wright, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP); Chloroplast microsatellites; Conservation genetics; Heterozygosity; Metrosideros

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; CHLOROPLAST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; MICROSATELLITE DNA; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; METROSIDEROS; METROSIDEROS BARTLETTII; METROSIDEROS EXCELSA; METROSIDEROS ROBUSTA; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 0033860220     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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