Origin and evolution of invasive naturalized material of Rhododendron ponticum L. in the British Isles

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 541-556

  Milne, Richard I ^a   Abbott, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive introgression; Cold tolerance; Hybridization; Invasions; RFLPs; Rhododendron ponticum

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; COLD TOLERANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HAPLOTYPE; INTROGRESSION; INVASIVE PLANT; PORTUGAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SPAIN; TURKEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COLD; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION; GREAT BRITAIN; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPAIN; TURKEY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034019096     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.00906.x     Document Type: Article

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