Does natural selection promote population divergence? A comparative analysis of population structure using amplified fragment length polymorphism markers and quantitative traits

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2583-2590

  Steinger, Thomas ^a,b   Haldimann, P ^a   Leiss, K A ^a,c   Muller Scharer H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drift; Genetic structure; Molecular markers; Phenotypic plasticity; Population differentiation; Selection

Indexed keywords

DNA, PLANT; GENETICS, POPULATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION (GENETICS); SENECIO; SWITZERLAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EMBRYOPHYTA; SENECIO; SENECIO VULGARIS;

EID: 0036900039     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01653.x     Document Type: Article

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